Essential Skills

Earth & Space Science

Students learn about space and the world around them in this exciting new program. The concepts taught range from grade 1 through 3:

Is the water in the picture in a solid, liquid, or gas state?

Look at the thermometer and click on the activity that matches the temperature

Introduces students to the differences between natural and man-made resource

Thoroughly teaches and tests students on the properties, uses, varieties and environmental aspects of to water, air, rocks and soil

Climate and extreme weather are explored and students are taught how to measure basic weather conditions

Students are introduced to physical geography concepts like landforms, layers of the Earth and geographic change

Look at this picture of the earth. What layer is this?

Clicking the rule button provides additional help

Lessons on the planets, the lunar phases and the orbits of the Moon, Earth and Sun teach students the basic principles of space science

Instructional help files are presented in a format that allows for easy printing of this useful supplementary teaching tool

More difficult words are “clickable” – allowing students to hear a sound clip of the spoken word

Keeps track of each student's progress