Teachers Guides

JOURNEY TO PLANET EARTH

"Journey to Planet Earth" correlates to the following National Science Education standards:

• Content Standard A — Abilities Necessary to Do Scientific Inquiry
• Content Standard C — Life Science
  1. Structure and Function in Living Systems
  2. Reproduction and Heredity
  3. Regulation and Behavior  
  4. Populations and Ecosystems
  5. Diversity and Adaptations of Organisms
• Content Standard D — Earth and Space Science
1. Earth's History
2. Structure of the Earth System 
• Content Standard E — Science and Technology
  1. Abilities of Technological Design
  2. Understandings about Science and Technology
• Content Standard F — Science in Personal and Social Perspectives
  1. Personal Health
  2. Populations, Resources and Environments
  3. Natural Hazards
  4. Risks and Benefits
  5. Science and Technology in Society

Teacher's Guides available for "Journey to Planet Earth" (grades 6-12 version only):

• Episode 1: "RIVERS OF DESTINY"
• Episode 2: "THE URBAN EXPLOSION"
• Episode 3: "LAND OF PLENTY, LAND OF WANT"
• Episode 4: "ON THE BRINK"
• Episode 5: "SEAS OF GRASS"
• Episode 6: "HOT ZONES"
• Episode 7: "FUTURE CONDITIONAL"
• Episode 8: "THE STATE OF THE PLANET "
• Episode 9: "THE STATE OF THE PLANET'S WILDLIFE"
• Episode 10: "THE STATE OF THE OCEAN'S ANIMALS"
• Epidsode 11: "THE STATE OF THE PLANET'S OCEANS"
  
  
  
• Download the collected lesson plans—Episodes 1-11 for grades 6-12 (PDF)
• Download the collected lesson plans—Episodes 1-11 for colleges (PDF)

Educators Guide for Episodes 1-3 written by Melissa Etlin (B.A., M.A.);  Educators Guide for Episodes 4-8 written by David S. Wood (B.S., M.S.); Educators Guide for Episodes 9-11 written by David S. Wood (B.S., M.S.) and Margaret Pennock. © 2009 Screenscope, Inc.