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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Processes of Sedimentation in Gravel Pits

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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University of Washington

Iris: Noaa Images: Erosional Landforms

For Students 9th - 10th
Examples, with images, of different types of landforms created by water and wind erosion.
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eSchool Today

E School Today: How Does Erosion Shape Landforms

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about the natural process of erosion.
Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Influences on Weathering Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Get an overview of the influences of weathering.
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eSchool Today

E School Today: How Does Weathering Shape Landforms?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn the basics of the process of weathering.
Article
eSchool Today

E School Today: Physical Weathering

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn how weathering changes rocks.
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: What Are the Biological Processes of Weathering?

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about biological factors in the weathering and breakdown of rocks.
Handout
eSchool Today

E School Today: Your Revision Notes on Rocks

For Students 4th - 7th
Covers the three main types of rocks, different weathering processes, erosion, and the rock cycle.
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US Geological Survey

Usgs: Erosion of a Sea Stack Over 100 Years

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Water Erosion

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video from Nature, learn about the erosive action of water on the Hawaiian landscape and human efforts to limit it.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fourth Grade: Earth Science: Erosion and Deposition by Flowing Water

For Students 4th - 5th
[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.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fourth Grade Science: Earth Science: Erosion and Deposition by Waves

For Students 4th - 5th
[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.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fourth Grade Science: Earth Science: Erosion and Deposition by Gravity

For Students 4th - 5th
[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.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Move It!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the erosive effects of waves, streams, glaciers, and wind.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Landscape Regions

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating the Minnesota River's Glacial History Near Henderson, Mn.

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Engineering for the 3 Little Pigs

For Students 3rd - 5th
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...
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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Erosion: Facts and Information

For Students 2nd - 8th
Explains erosion, its effects, causes, and how it can be controlled.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Rain Erosion: Does the Rate of Water Effect Erosion?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
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...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Erosion in Our World

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students collect evidence to investigate erosion and deposition around the schoolyard.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Mexico: Climate and Environment

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Landscape Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: What Is Weathering?

For Students 9th - 10th
A definition of the process of weathering.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: The Earth Is a Changin'

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
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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