Grade 7

A career-focused reading resource for Grade 7 students. Covers what geology is, the different types of geologists, and what it takes to pursue the career, with a short answer and multiple-choice quiz at the end to check understanding.

A set of classroom-ready activities covering foundational Earth science concepts. Hands-on and self-contained, so no prior teacher training workshop is needed to use them. Provided by Mining Matters.

Students design, build, and test their own erosion-prevention system, then evaluate how well it holds up under 1 L of water poured over a mud mountain. Provided by Mining Matters.

A hands-on model using layered Play-Doh to simulate folding and erosion, a quick Popsicle-stick demo showing how brittle rock breaks to form faults, and more. Provided by Mining Matters.

A poster from the Canadian Museum of Nature illustrating the rock cycle and how rocks transform between igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic forms. Provided by Mining Matters.

A hands-on lab where students test a soil sample against clay, sand, and gravel using simple drainage tests to identify its characteristics. Includes student worksheet, teacher version, and the accompanying lab manual from the Science 7 textbook.

A USGS resource where students cut out and piece together continents using Wegener's fossil evidence to reconstruct an ancient supercontinent, then evaluate how compelling the fit is. Includes a Wegener student handout and a present-day world map showing continental shelves.

A geological time scale activity where you make a scaled-down model of Earth's 4.6-billion-year history using a length of rope, place major events at their true relative distances apart, then compare that timeline to their own lifespan to grasp just how recent human history really is. The Google Drive folder includes a student worksheet, teacher version, 8 blank event labels, and a Google Sheet for converting milestone dates to rope length.