[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes various types of mechanical weathering.

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

Smithsonian in the Classroom presents Building Up, Breaking Down. Teachers can download this comprehensive teaching package in which students investigate how buildings weather. See what happens to a building once it has been erected....

Learn about the processes involved throughout the creation of sedimentary rock.

This instructional activity is a demonstration in how geological layers form and erode using just a stack of towels. The author describes this instructional activity as GeoArt, which means one looks at geologic processes through both a...

Earth Science teachers will combine field observations with the information given in the classroom to interpret the geologic history of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona.

Did you know the rock cycle is a continuous cycle that takes hundreds of millions of years? This webpage explains how sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks are formed. It also gives examples of each type of rock. Also includes a...

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...

Slope failure is the downslope movement of rock debris and soil in response to gravitational stresses. Three major types of mass wasting are classified by the type of downslope movement. The types of movement, falls, slides, and flows...

Describes the different types of mechanical weathering and how each of them breaks down rocks.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how solid rock is worn down through weathering.

Explains what sedimentary rocks are, the three main types, and how they are formed.

A colorful diagram of the rock cycle showing the stages that rocks go through as they are transformed by different processes such as weathering, lithification, and crystallization.

Explains what standing rocks are, how they are formed by erosion, and gives the names of some well-known ones in Indiana.

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...

This resource provides information about the formation of the Grand Canyon to weathering processes is provided along with a link to photos of the Grand Canyon.

In this interactive tutorial, you will learn about the types of weathering and erosion that rocks and landforms undergo. This will lead to a discussion of soil and the types of soil. Lastly, you will learn about mass movements of soil,...

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...

After completing this lesson, students will understand the source and the process for the formation of soil, the different types of soil, and the components of soil.

A definition of the process of weathering.

Everything you need to know about sedimentary rocks and the processes by which they are created, including weathering, soils, environments, and classification.

In this investigation, middle schoolers will use sand to build a mountain and then use a straw and watering can to simulate wind erosion and water erosion. Students will make observations and then propose ways to slow the erosion and/or...

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.

What is erosion? Here's a brief look at the process of erosion ..what it is, how it happens, effects. Useful for the younger researcher.