About ESC:

 

Welcome movie

Overview

Register with ESC

Search ESC

Scope & sequence

ESC website

About the movies

Pixel the 
Satellite movies:

Meet Pixel the Satellite

Deer Tracks

Global Greenup

Hawk in Flight

Hickory Dickory Dock

Migration Nation

Pixel Mosaic

Satellite Mobiles

Scenes of the
Earth

Separate Vacations

Leonard Little Finger movies:

Meet Leonard Little Finger

Hunting Tatanka

Forest Landmarks:
Sage

 Forest Landmarks:
Tipi Rings

Kangi the Crow

Welcome to Earth Systems Connections

"Hi, I'm Pixel the Satellite! Welcome to Earth Systems Connections!  In this elementary curriculum, children explore the Earth as an interconnected system.  Along the way they learn science, math, literacy, creativity, and a little from satellites like me!"

ESC lessons are arranged into ten modules, listed below.  Although most all lessons can be adapted for use in any grade level, "Foundations" modules are primarily for grades K-2, and other modules are primarily for grades 2-5.

Foundations:
Maps & Images
Sensing Something
Playground Zoom
Satellite Mobiles K-2
Playground Modeling K-2 
Playground Mapping K-2
Lights, Camera, Action!
What a Colorful World

Foundations:
Migrations & Changes
Nomad Land K-2
Migration Nation
Birds on the Move
Playground Changes
How Wet Did It Get?
What a Colorful World

Foundations:
Plants & Soils
Roots of the World
Hold on Tight K-2
Sun and Shade 
The Compost Bucket
Playground Pounding 

Landscape Changes
Playground Changes
Playground Pounding
Urban Changes
Save the Trees, Please
Quad Squad

Global Visions
Sensing Something
Playground Zoom
Satellite Mobiles
Lights, Camera, Action!
Scenes of the Earth
Satellite Eyes
Patchwork of the Planet
Pixel Mosaic

Seasonal Changes
Playground Changes
Playground Greenup
Biological Clock
Wet Weather
Global Greenup
Hawk in Flight
Cities and Seasons

Greenlinks
Sun and Shade
Roots and Shoots
Plants to Soil
Hold on Tight
Playground Pounding
Ecosystems Connect
Plants & the Water Cycle
Save the Trees, Please
Salmon Run

Migrations del Mundo
Nomad Land
Migration Mania
Biological Clock
Global Greenup
Hawk in Flight
Osprey Journey
Travel Time
Separate Vacations
Salmon Run

Earth Systems & Humans 
Playground Pounding
Nomad Land
Just Around the Bend
Pollution Patrol
Finding the Balance
Search and Rescue
Deer Tracks
Two Ways About It
Quad Squad
Animal Tracking
Urban Changes
Save the Trees, Please
Salmon Run

Maps and More
Playground Modeling
Playground Mapping
Just Around the Bend
Pollution Patrol
Patchwork of the Planet
Search and Rescue
Deer Tracks
Osprey Journey
Separate Vacations
Two Ways About It
Quad Squad