Crash Course Kids, Earth’s Systems | Digital & Printable

Learn about Earth's Spheres, Landforms, Weather, Climate, and more!

Point and Click for instant Earth and Space Science Mini-Lessons with Game-Based Assessment using Quizizz and Kahoot!

• This PDF document includes organized hyperlinks to educational video content and digital interactive quizzes. Optional printable worksheets are included.

• For each YouTube episode, the quiz is available using two separate platforms: Kahoot and Quizizz. Every multiple-choice question includes a related screenshot from the video (images used with permission).

• Students can use any internet connected device, working individually or in groups, to input their responses.

Crash Course Kids Episodes:

#1 - Four Spheres Part 1 (Geosphere and Biosphere)

#2 - Four Spheres Part 2 (Hydrosphere and Atmosphere)

#3 - What On Earth (How the spheres work together)

#4 - Weathering and Erosion (Hydrosphere and geosphere interactions)

#5 - The Basics of Freshwater (Freshwater and saltwater differences)

#6 - Water Water Everywhere (The importance of freshwater)

#7 - Land and Water (Properties: absorption and reflection)

#8 - Up, Up & Away (How the wind comes into being)

#9 - Landforms, Hey! ( mountains, volcanoes, and plateaus)

#10 - A Change of Scenery (Landforms can change quickly or slowly)

#11 - The Great Aqua Adventure (How the water cycle works)

#12 - Dinosaur Pee? (Water on Earth is constantly recycled)

#13 - Weather vs. Climate (Differences between weather and climate)

#14 - Severe Weather (Earth's spheres interact)

#15 - Let's Take a Hike (How the geosphere changes)

#16 - The Life Hydrologic (Going down into the ocean)

#17 - H2O-NO! - Fresh Water Problems (The cascade effect)

#18 - A Fresh Future (Changes in freshwater sources)

#19 - Current Events (All about air currents)

#20 - Weather Channels (On ocean currents and Jet Streams)

#21 - Weather In Space (Weather on the rocky planets)

#22 - Gas Giants Weather (Virtual tour of the gas giants)

The Crash Course videos and Interactive Quizzes in this series are aligned with the following Grade 5 Performance Expectations and Disciplinary Core Ideas of the Next Generation Science Standards*:

5-ESS2-1 Earth’s Systems

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.

5-ESS2-2 Earth’s Systems

Describe and graph the amounts and percentages of water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.

ESS2.A: Earth Materials and Systems

Earth’s major systems are the geosphere (solid and molten rock, soil, and sediments), the hydrosphere (water and ice), the atmosphere (air), and the biosphere (living things, including humans). These systems interact in multiple ways to affect Earth’s surface materials and processes. The ocean supports a variety of ecosystems and organisms, shapes landforms, and influences climate. Winds and clouds in the atmosphere interact with the landforms to determine patterns of weather. (5-ESS2-1)

ESS2.C: The Roles of Water in Earth’s Surface Processes

Nearly all of Earth’s available water is in the ocean. Most fresh water is in glaciers or underground; only a tiny fraction is in streams, lakes, wetlands, and the atmosphere. (5-ESS2-2)

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Crash Course Kids, Science - The Complete Series, Bundle

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Links to Interactive Quizzes in the same Series:

Crash Course Kids, From Molecules to Organisms - Free Sample!

Crash Course Kids, Earth and Human Activity

Crash Course Kids, Earth’s Place in the Universe

Crash Course Kids, Earth’s Systems

Crash Course Kids, Ecosystems

Crash Course Kids, Energy

Crash Course Kids, Engineering Design

Crash Course Kids, Forces and Interactions

Crash Course Kids, Matter and Its Interactions
Crash Course Kids, Science - Solo Play with QR Codes

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How to Use the Interactive Quizzes:

Rich Colosi has created introductory videos on both the Kahoot and Quizizz platforms:

Kahoot! For Teachers - Rich Colosi Media on YouTube

Quizizz For Teachers - Rich Colosi Media on YouTube

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* Next Generation Science Standards (“NGSS”) is a registered trademark of Achieve. Neither Achieve nor the lead states and partners that developed the Next Generation Science Standards were involved in the production of this product, and do not endorse it.