Uen: Trb 4:3 Investigation 4 Erosion

Investigation allows students to draw conclusions about the environment of fossils made previously.

This lesson plan describes activities which allow students to investigate four types of weathering and their relationship to soil formation. The four weathering forces investigated include wind, running water, plant roots and freezing...

Learn how to measure the direction and speed of wind.

Activity helps with understanding the basic components of soil and relates the components to plant growth.

Activity helps students identify basic properties of minerals and rocks.

Activity helps with understanding the basic properties of rocks and minerals.

Activities will help with understanding the concept of water condensation.

Understand how the components of soil effect plant growth.

Understand environments and how organisms adapt to their environment.

Fourth graders will make inferences and interpretations from sets of dinosaur tracks.