Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Processes of Sedimentation in Gravel Pits
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...
University of Washington
Iris: Noaa Images: Erosional Landforms
Examples, with images, of different types of landforms created by water and wind erosion.
eSchool Today
E School Today: How Does Erosion Shape Landforms
Learn about the natural process of erosion.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Influences on Weathering Study Guide
Get an overview of the influences of weathering.
eSchool Today
E School Today: How Does Weathering Shape Landforms?
Learn the basics of the process of weathering.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: What Are the Biological Processes of Weathering?
Learn about biological factors in the weathering and breakdown of rocks.
eSchool Today
E School Today: Your Revision Notes on Rocks
Covers the three main types of rocks, different weathering processes, erosion, and the rock cycle.
US Geological Survey
Usgs: Erosion of a Sea Stack Over 100 Years
This series of photos dramatically illustrates the process of mechanical weathering known as rock abrasion. Taken over a 100 year span, you can see the effects of rock abrasion on Jump-off Joe, a sea stack at Nye Beach in Oregon. The...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Water Erosion
In this video from Nature, learn about the erosive action of water on the Hawaiian landscape and human efforts to limit it.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Fourth Grade: Earth Science: Erosion and Deposition by Flowing Water
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses how flowing water causes erosion; describes how runoff, streams, and rivers change Earth's surface; and identifies features caused by groundwater erosion.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Fourth Grade Science: Earth Science: Erosion and Deposition by Waves
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses how waves cause erosion of shorelines, features formed by wave deposition, and ways to protect shorelines from wave erosion.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Fourth Grade Science: Earth Science: Erosion and Deposition by Gravity
[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.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Move It!
Fourth graders explore the erosive effects of waves, streams, glaciers, and wind.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Landscape Regions
A lab activity where students study the" relationships between landscape appearance, topography and underlying geology". In this particular activity students explore the landscape region of New York State to see the effects of...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating the Minnesota River's Glacial History Near Henderson, Mn.
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...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Engineering for the 3 Little Pigs
The purpose of this activity is to demonstrate the importance of rocks, soils and minerals in engineering and how using the right material for the right job is important. The students build three different sand castles and test them for...
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Erosion: Facts and Information
Explains erosion, its effects, causes, and how it can be controlled.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Rain Erosion: Does the Rate of Water Effect Erosion?
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...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Erosion in Our World
Students collect evidence to investigate erosion and deposition around the schoolyard.
Library of Congress
Loc: Mexico: Climate and Environment
This site has detailed information on the climate and environment of Mexico. It discusses environmental problems such as flooding, erosion, and soil destruction as well.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Landscape Evolution
In this amazing online tutorial you will learn about how water, mass wasting, weathering, and erosion have help shape the landforms on Earth. The lesson includes many helpful interactive materials to prepare help you understand landscape...
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: What Is Weathering?
A definition of the process of weathering.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: The Earth Is a Changin'
This lesson introduces and describes the main types of erosion (i.e., chemical, water, wind, glacier and temperature). Students learn examples of each type of erosion and discuss how erosion changes the surface of the Earth. Students...
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