Teaching Resources

Dive-in to our student-centered and teacher approved classroom activities, curriculum units, picture books, special collections, and more.

Classroom Activities

Peruse our collection of more than a hundred K-12 lessons about the science of our planet.

Four teachers sitting around a table are recording data about an experiment with a lamp shining on two bottles filled partially with sand and water. Thermometers are inserted in each bottle.

Curriculum Units

Multi-day sequences of activities developed by SciEd educators through grant-funded collaborations.

Learning Zone

Visit this hub for short articles, interactives, classroom activities, images, and videos to help you learn how the Earth works.

Digital Teaching Boxes

Digital Teaching Boxes are online collections of classroom-ready and standards-aligned activities, content, and multimedia that build student understanding of science, technology, engineering, and math.

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Learning with Data

A special collection of activities built around real-world data exploration.

A photo of a sunset at the beach. In the foreground is a glass sphere that is inverting the scenery and creating an interesting visual.

Using Data Visualization Tools to Investigate Earth System Variability

This training module for secondary educators provides examples of how to use data visualizations with your students.

A map of ocean observing stations in the Pacific northwest.

Observing the Ocean

A collection of activities to learn how we observe the ocean. Use ocean data to explore coastal hazards, ecosystem changes, and food from the ocean.

A map of the world showing the different concentrations of dust circulating in the atmosphere. The brighter colors indicate higher levels are can be seen across and off the coast of northern African, India, and China.

DUST PIRE: Exploring Atmospheric Dust

UCAR Center for Science Education collaborated with scientists from several U.S. universities, led by a team from the University of Rochester, to develop educational resources for science centers, museums, and science festivals that tell the story of atmospheric dust and how it affects Earth system variability.