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Earth and Space

Investigate Earth's systems and its place in space, from rocks and oceans to planets and orbits.

24 activities in 7 units · 5 simulations, 8 practice activities, 11 labs

Measurement4

  • Fair Test Lab screenshot Lab

    Fair Test Lab

    Design fair tests at six science stations. Find hidden variables, collect repeated measurements, and explain your evidence.

    NGSS SEP 3, 4, 5; CCC Cause and Effect
    Launch Fair Test Lab
  • Graph Doctor screenshot Practice

    Graph Doctor

    Run the Graph Clinic: diagnose and fix sick lab-report graphs, then read them: values, slopes, trends and outliers. 10-question runs.

    Launch Graph Doctor
  • Conversion Railroad screenshot Practice

    Conversion Railroad

    Dispatch trains at the rail yard: couple conversion-factor cars so units cancel, then deliver the amount with the right sig figs.

    NGSS HS-PS1-7
    Launch Conversion Railroad
  • Read the Glassware screenshot Practice

    Read the Glassware

    Run the lab's measuring desk: read cylinders, burets, rulers, thermometers and balances to the right digit. 10-question runs.

    Launch Read the Glassware

Earth in Space8

  • Neon Sign Shop screenshot Practice

    Neon Sign Shop

    Run a glowing-sign shop: drop hydrogen's electron to make each colour, land photons on the spectrum and identify gases by their lines.

    NGSS HS-PS1-1, HS-PS4-1
    Launch Neon Sign Shop
  • Seasons Studio screenshot Practice

    Seasons Studio

    Film the Sun: set Earth on its orbit, read the tilt, and predict seasons, noon Sun angles and day lengths. 10-question runs.

    NGSS MS-ESS1-1, HS-ESS1-4
    Launch Seasons Studio
  • Atomic Spectra Lab screenshot Lab

    Atomic Spectra Lab

    Make gas tubes, flames and streetlights glow, watch electrons jump between levels, and read line spectra, starlight and redshift.

    NGSS HS-PS1-1, HS-PS4-1, HS-PS4-3, HS-ESS1-2
    Launch Atomic Spectra Lab
  • Kepler's Laws screenshot Simulation

    Kepler's Laws

    Stretch orbits, sweep equal areas, race the planets, and launch probes, then take a test at your level.

    NGSS HS-ESS1-4
    Launch Kepler's Laws
  • Seasons & Sunlight Lab screenshot Lab

    Seasons & Sunlight Lab

    Tilt Earth, follow the Sun across a schoolyard sky, heat plates under a lamp, then test the closer-to-the-Sun idea with real data.

    45 minNGSS HS-ESS1-4; MS-ESS1-1; AP Environmental Science CED 4.6–4.7
    Launch Seasons & Sunlight Lab
  • Moon Phases, Eclipses & Tides screenshot Lab

    Moon Phases, Eclipses & Tides

    Move the Moon around Earth to see why it has phases, why its tilted orbit makes eclipses rare, and why tides swing between spring and neap.

    45 minNGSS HS-ESS1-4; MS-ESS1-1
    Launch Moon Phases, Eclipses & Tides
  • Solar System Formation screenshot Simulation

    Solar System Formation

    Watch a cold nebula collapse into a spinning disk, grow dust into planets, and ignite the Sun, then take a test.

    NGSS MS-ESS1-2, HS-ESS1-6
    Launch Solar System Formation
  • Stellar Life Cycles & the H-R Diagram screenshot Simulation

    Stellar Life Cycles & the H-R Diagram

    Forge a star of any mass and watch it live and die, plot real stars on the H-R diagram, trace where elements come from, and age clusters.

    NGSS HS-ESS1-1, HS-ESS1-3, MS-ESS1-2, MS-ESS1-3
    Launch Stellar Life Cycles & the H-R Diagram

Earth Materials5

  • Rock Cycle Recycler screenshot Practice

    Rock Cycle Recycler

    Run Earth's rock recycling plant: line up uplift, weathering, melting and more to turn one rock into another. 10-question runs.

    Launch Rock Cycle Recycler
  • Rock Layer Detective screenshot Practice

    Rock Layer Detective

    Be a geologic detective: put a cliff's layers, faults, dikes and erosion surfaces in order, then date the rocks. 10-question runs.

    NGSS HS-ESS1-5, HS-ESS1-6, MS-ESS1-4
    Launch Rock Layer Detective
  • Rock & Mineral ID Lab screenshot Lab

    Rock & Mineral ID Lab

    Test 3D mineral and rock specimens with a streak plate, scratch kit, acid, magnet and hand lens, then identify the unknowns.

    NGSS MS-ESS2-1, HS-ESS2-1, HS-ESS3-2
    Launch Rock & Mineral ID Lab
  • Rock Cycle Lab screenshot Lab

    Rock Cycle Lab

    A living cross-section on a deep-time clock: cool magma into crystals, cement river grains into rock, and follow one grain around the cycle.

    NGSS HS-ESS2-1, HS-ESS2-3, HS-ESS2-5, MS-ESS2-1
    Launch Rock Cycle Lab
  • Geologic Time & Fossils Lab screenshot Lab

    Geologic Time & Fossils Lab

    Read a cliff’s history from its clues, date samples with radioactive clocks, and place fossil beds on the ICS time scale.

    45 minNGSS HS-ESS1-6; MS-ESS1-4; HS-LS4-1
    Launch Geologic Time & Fossils Lab

Plate Tectonics & Earthquakes2

  • Fault Lines screenshot Simulation

    Fault Lines

    Build stress at plate boundaries, slip faults, race seismic waves, find an epicenter, and plan for earthquake hazards.

    NGSS HS-ESS1-5, HS-ESS2-1, HS-ESS2-3, HS-ESS3-1
    Launch Fault Lines
  • Plate Tectonics & Seafloor Spreading screenshot Lab

    Plate Tectonics & Seafloor Spreading

    Drill and date seafloor cores for spreading rates, read mirror-image magnetic stripes, and grow trenches, arcs and mountains.

    NGSS HS-ESS2-1, HS-ESS1-5
    Launch Plate Tectonics & Seafloor Spreading

Ocean Circulation1

  • Currents: Ocean Circulation screenshot Simulation

    Currents: Ocean Circulation

    Explore gyres, the Coriolis effect, upwelling, density-driven circulation, and the AMOC with real climatology data.

    NGSS MS-ESS2-6, HS-ESS2-4, HS-ESS2-2
    Launch Currents: Ocean Circulation

Weather & Climate3

  • Greenhouse Photon Bouncer screenshot Practice

    Greenhouse Photon Bouncer

    Be the energy bouncer at Earth's front door: route sunlight and infrared photons, rank albedo and keep the energy budget balanced.

    NGSS HS-ESS2-4, HS-ESS3-5
    Launch Greenhouse Photon Bouncer
  • Water Cycle & Weather Lab screenshot Lab

    Water Cycle & Weather Lab

    Chill a cup until dew forms to find the dew point, lift air up a mountain until a cloud forms, and keep a lake's water budget.

    50 minNGSS HS-ESS2-4; HS-ESS2-5; MS-ESS2-4; MS-ESS2-5; AP Environmental Science 1.7, 4.8
    Launch Water Cycle & Weather Lab
  • Greenhouse Effect & Climate Lab screenshot Lab

    Greenhouse Effect & Climate Lab

    Follow sunlight in and heat out, find which gases trap infrared, then test the model against real CO₂ and temperature data.

    50 minNGSS HS-ESS2-4; HS-ESS3-5; HS-ESS2-2; AP Environmental Science Unit 9
    Launch Greenhouse Effect & Climate Lab

Resources & Human Impact1

  • Earth Resources & Human Impact Lab screenshot Lab

    Earth Resources & Human Impact Lab

    Run forest and ore stocks year by year, weigh energy return against life-cycle emissions, and find how much rock a tonne of metal costs.

    45 minNGSS HS-ESS3-2; HS-ESS3-3
    Launch Earth Resources & Human Impact Lab