Take a field trip to a location where water and land meet to study patterns of sediment organization in wet habitats: river or ocean beaches, sand dunes, tidal marshes, the edge of a pond, or a woodland stream. Small groups collect pairs...

Second graders explore erosion and find the factors effecting erosion of hillsides.   In this erosion instructional activity, 2nd graders experiment by creating a hillside and simulating rain.  Students discuss and record...

Students review the three types of rocks and the rock cycle. They participate in an experiment in which they discover the lithification process of sedimentary rocks. They record and share their observations.