Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Factors That Influence Weathering of Monuments in a Cemetery
In this activity, middle schoolers will discover some of the factors that influence weathering of the monuments in a cemetery. These factors may include the type of rock, length of time the rock has been exposed to the elements or the...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Weathering Landforms
This lesson plan will demonstrate the mechanical weathering process known as frost wedging and the biological weathering process caused by plants. The materials required include plaster of Paris, balloons, seeds, paper plates and a...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Weathering
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart introduces the concepts of weathering and erosion. Both physical and chemical weathering, and their causes are discussed. Video is embedded. The flipchart also has assessment questions...
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.
Read Works
Read Works: Water on the Earth
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage discusses the processes of weathering and erosion, along with their effects. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...
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 Is Weathering?
A definition of the process of weathering.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Erosion: Facts and Information
Explains erosion, its effects, causes, and how it can be controlled.
Bill Nye
Bill Nye: Erosion Explosion
Try this at-home science experiment to learn about how erosion works.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Landforms From Erosion and Deposition by Gravity
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Indicates the factors that lead to landslides and other mass movements, what their characteristics are, and how to avoid them.
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.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Processes of Sedimentation in Gravel Pits
For 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...
Other
Weathering
Studies weathering and provides a brief overview of what weathering is and how it effects the environment.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Glaciers, Water and Wind, Oh My!
This hands-on activity explores five different forms of erosion (chemical, water, wind, glacier and temperature). Students rotate through stations and model each type of erosion on rocks, soils and minerals. The students record their...
Geographypods
Geographypods: Theme 2: Natural Environments
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,...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Move It!
Fourth graders explore the erosive effects of waves, streams, glaciers, and wind.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Coastal Geological Processes
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.
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...
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...
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: What Are the Biological Processes of Weathering?
Learn about biological factors in the weathering and breakdown of rocks.
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