Explains erosion, its effects, causes, and how it can be controlled.

In this lab, students investigate whether the rate of water falling (rain) affects the amount of erosion (soil movement). This experiment could lead to further questions: how does grass or rocks effect soil erosion, does erosion lead to...

Learners collect evidence to investigate erosion and deposition around the schoolyard.

Try this at-home science experiment to learn about how erosion works.

Brief explanation of the difference between weathering and erosion.

Studies weathering and provides a brief overview of what weathering is and how it effects the environment.

Learn about biological factors in the weathering and breakdown of rocks.

A definition of the process of weathering.

Young scholars us the GO Inquire online tool to develop knowledge and skills in the concepts of erosion, transportation, and deposition.

The Gravestone Project, part of the global citizen science program called EarthTrek, seeks volunteers to visit cemeteries around the world and collect scientific data on how marble gravestones are weathering.

For this activity, students create models in a tub or sandbox that simulate erosion caused by weathering.

The USGS & National Park Service provide a description of the difference between weathering and erosion, and the difference between chemical and mechanical weathering.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Identifies causes and effects of landslides and mudslides and explains how slump and creep occur.

In this lesson, 5th graders will use context clues as they learn new science vocabulary words through listening, reading and discussing the new content. The terms are associated with the reshaping of the earth's surface.

A rich collection of highly engaging learning modules on topics related to the natural environment. Covers four main areas - plate tectonics, forms and processes, weather and climate, and rainforest and desert. Within each of these,...

Covers the three main types of rocks, different weathering processes, erosion, and the rock cycle.

This interactive resource adapted from the National Park Service describes the many forces that affect shorelines, including tides, weathering, erosion, and deposition. Includes background reading handout and discussion questions.

In this field investigation, students will investigate processes of deposition that have contributed to the current Minnesota sediments and landscape. After learning about weathering and erosion and having a short introduction to...

Learn about physical and chemical weathering.

While visiting three separate sites in or near the Minnesota River valley, students will question the deposition environment of rock types found and the creation of the valley itself. Students will discover find types of rock found far...

Learn how salt crystallizes and the weathering effect that this has on rocks and on structures.

An outdoor activity where students visit a local stream for a scientific inquiry. They make observations about the stream, and take measurements of the stream's velocity, depth, and width. They will also develop a sediment thickness...

In this activity, students explore the effect of chemical erosion on statues and monuments. They use chalk to see what happens when limestone is placed in liquids with different pH values. They also learn several things that engineers...

During a study of rock weathering, learners model the process of rock abrasion.