Atmosperhic Layers

Materials:

• 2 pieces of printer paper
• 2 pieces of chart paper
• Ruler
• Stapler
• Markers or colored pencils

Procedure:

NOTE: You will be making a four-flap flipchart. You can use printer paper to make a smaller flipchart or chart paper to make a larger presentation. The directions here are for a small flipchart but can be easily adapted to make a large one.

1. Research the four main layers of the atmosphere—the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, and thermosphere. Find out in what order the layers are from the Earth. Make sure to find out the distance from the Earth and what is contained in each layer.
2. Use a ruler to measure 3 inches down from the top of a blank piece of paper. Fold the paper over here.
3. On another piece of paper, measure 5 inches down from the top and fold the paper over.
4. Stick the folded edge of the second piece of paper into the folded edge of the first piece of paper. With the top flap down, staple across the top so as to keep the pages together.
5. At the bottom of each flap label a different layer of the atmosphere. Do this in the order they are from the Earth. (Note: You can start with the top or bottom flap. See picture below.)