Unit 1: Introduction to Earth Science

Learn about the importance of carbon dioxide, its sources and how people control it indoors.

Learn about the importance of humidity, its sources and how people control it indoors.

Learn about auroras - spectacular light shows in the night sky.

Discover 7 ways satellite Earth observation helps fight climate change.

Learn about what gets planes up in the air, what keeps them up there, and what brings them down again.

Learn about the layers of the atmosphere, atmospheric pressure, pressure systems and fronts.

Carbon dioxide is an important part of the air on Earth and in space. What is carbon dioxide? How is it measured? How can it affect us mentally and physically?

Make a model of the water cycle and find out how water moves around on planet Earth.

Explore the greenhouse effect and learn about the impacts it can have on the environment.

5 images of cumulus clouds that are white, puffy clouds with a flat base at mid level and are often associated with fair weather

10 images of some snowflake crystals and some winter scenes with snow

5 images of stratus clouds that cover a wide horizontal layer in the sky at low level and are often associated with rain or drizzle

11 images that illustrate some daily weather conditions such as cold, hot and windy