Learning About Our Land For Kids

Learning about land for preschool children, kindergarten kids, grades: label a plain, forest, ocean and mountain, find out eight ecosystems, look for clay, silt, sand gravel, pebbles, cobbles, boulders, learn the types, climates and locations of grasslands, discover how sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks are formed.

Learning About Our Land

Land and Water
Label a plain, forest, ocean and mountain.

All About Soil
Get the dirt on dirt.

Earthquake Testing Zone
Adjust the Richter Scale to see how much the ground can shake.

Ecosystems
There are eight ecosystems in the world. Find out what and where they are.

Find Earth Materials
Look for clay, silt, sand gravel, pebbles, cobbles and boulders.

Grasslands
Learn the types, climates and locations of grasslands in the U.S.

Rock Names
Learn the names of rocks found in your neighborhood.

Rocks
Discover how sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks are formed.

Rocks and Soils
Put different types of rocks to the test see if each floats, splits or wears away.

Soil
Watch a cartoon to learn what's in soil, about its layers, the types of soil and how it is useful.

Earth Images
See pictures of Earth and its atmosphere that were taken from space.

Earth Science Quiz
Answer eight questions about volcanoes, weather and the Earth.