🌍 Celebrate Earth Week with Merge EDU: Bringing Planet Earth to Life in Your Classroom

Each April, Earth Week and Earth Day remind us of our shared responsibility to protect the planet we call home. For science educators, these events are the perfect opportunity to inspire students to understand—and care for—the Earth. What if your students could hold the planet and explore its systems in the palm of their hands?

With Merge EDU and the Merge Cube, they can!

Enhancing Environmental Science Visualization with Merge Hologlobe and a Merge Cube

Incorporating Merge Hologlobe and a Merge Cube into science class provides students with engaging and visual tools that get them excited about learning about the world we live in.

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Learn about Earth’s Ice Coverage with Mixed Reality

How Merge EDU Can Enhance your Science Classroom with Real-time and Historical Satellite and Sensor Data

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🌱 The Merge Cube: Earth Science in the Palm of Your Hand

The Merge Cube provides a powerful way to visualize and interact with complex Earth science concepts in 3D. During Earth Week, students can use the Merge HoloGlobe app to explore real-time data from NASA and NOAA, helping them understand precipitation, ocean currents, wildfires, and more.

Imagine this:

• Students tracking rainfall in real-time across the globe
• Watching ice grow and shrink over the course of a year
• Exploring how the seasons change based on Earth's tilt and orbit

This is hands-on, experiential learning that sticks! 

🌎 Make Earth Day Every Day

With over 100 AR simulations and thousands of annotated digital teaching aids available through Merge EDU, Earth Day doesn’t have to be a one-off event. You can embed Earth science into your curriculum year-round:

Understanding Weather Concepts with the Merge Cube

This article will explore how educators can use the Merge Cube to bring weather to life in their classrooms.

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• Use the Merge Explorer app to explore the water cycle, weather systems, and natural disasters in 3D
• Dive into life science simulations to understand biodiversity and ecosystems
• Investigate soil layers, fossils, and geological processes in a tactile, engaging way

The Merge Cube allows students to hold a 3D model of Earth’s core, rotate it, inspect it, and connect what they see to what they’ve learned. Abstract concepts suddenly become concrete—and curiosity comes alive!

🌿 Why It Matters

Merge EDU doesn’t just show students the facts—it helps them experience the planet’s complexity in a way that’s intuitive, memorable, and impactful.

And, it provides a sustainable teaching method! Merge Cubes are reusable, the apps run on devices you likely already have, and the activity plans can be completed via online platforms—so there’s no need for disposable models or materials! 

📸 Join the #MergeEarthWeek Challenge

Are you using Merge EDU in your classroom to celebrate Earth Day? We want to see it! Share your photos and videos on social media using the hashtag #MergeEarthWeek and tag @MergeEDU + @Merge on Instagram.

Want to try Merge EDU? Get a free trial by visiting trymerge.com.