Curated OER
Sedimentation
Students are introduced to the various types of sedimentation. In groups, they define the term and research what causes it to happen. They compare and contrast the different types of sedimentation and research how it occurs off of Cape...
Curated OER
Biocomplexity Lab Activity: Permeability
Students identify how water moves through materials such as rocks or sand. Students measure the permeability of water through glass spheres to represent the movement of water in sand, an aquifer, or another sediment. During the...
Curated OER
Let's Settle It!
Students investigate and record data about sedimentation rates. They make a sedimentation bottle using aquarium gravel, sand and potting soil. They discuss the sedimentation rates that they see in their bottles.
Curated OER
An Underwater Sediment Slide?
Students explore the proximity of the Hudson Shelf Valley and the Hudson Canyon to one of the Nation's most populated areas. They study that from 1987 to 1992, two dumpsites in the Hudson Shelf Valley and Hudson Canyon, one 12 miles
Curated OER
Is There Sewage in My Sample?
Students explore the proximity of the Hudson Shelf Valley and the Hudson Canyon to one of the Nation's most populated areas. They study that from 1987 to 1992, two dumpsites in the Hudson Shelf Valley and Hudson Canyon, one 12 miles
Curated OER
Where Has All The Top Soil Gone?
Students investigate changes caused by water flowing over soil.
US Geological Survey
Usgs: Water Science for Schools Effects of Urbanization
This U.S. Geological Survey website offers a short article then lists topics that are linked to brief articles that describe that particular topic's effect on water quality in urban areas. Click Home to access the site in Spanish.
US Geological Survey
U.s. Geological Survey: Rocks and Minerals
Essential guide to geology of the National Parks focuses on minerals and the different types of rocks. Includes a visual glossary.
Other
Water on the Web
Water on the Web (WOW) is an advanced site allowing students to actively participate in data analysis from real research sites. Lesson plans on a range of topics are provided. There is also a tutorial for using Excel to graph WOW data.
Indiana University
Indiana University Bloomington: Cupcake Drilling [Pdf]
In this lesson, students will model geologic drilling using layered cupcakes to learn about rocks below the Earth's surface. Students will locate features on a geologic map and observe cupcake cores to evaluate the scientific techniques...
Utah Education Network
Uen: The Dirt on Soil
After completing this instructional activity, students will understand the source and the process for the formation of soil, the different types of soil, and the components of soil.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Jason: Sediment Deposition Let the River Run
Disappearing Wetlands: Examine changes in sediment deposition at locations along the Mississippi River using data collected at two stations by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Jason: Mixing Soil and Water Let's Settle This?
Disappearing Wetlands: Investigate how particles settle by measuring the amount of light passing through the water as particles settle. Make connections to the process by which sediment settles out of the Mississippi River to form...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Jason: Potential and Kinetic Energy a River Study
Disappearing Wetlands: Simulate sediment reintroduction channels using a ramp at two slopes. They will then find the kinetic energy of the ball at different times as it rolls down the ramp.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Erosion in Our World
Young scholars collect evidence to investigate erosion and deposition around the schoolyard.
US Geological Survey
Mercury in the Geochemical Cycle
Mercury in the geochemical cycle ultimately affects the food chain. Learn about this and its effect on the Everglades.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Landforms, Rocks & Minerals: Sedimentary
A slideshow, a karaoke song to sing along to, and a short multiple-choice quiz on sedimentary rocks and how they are formed.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Surficial Features
Using a surficial features map, students see the connections between those features and other Earth systems. They will consider the interactions of the geosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and atmosphere.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: What Trickles Down?
Permeability is the degree to which water or other liquids are able to flow through a material. Different substances such as soil, gravel, sand, and asphalt have varying levels of permeability. In this activity, students will explore...
Read Works
Read Works: What Is a Rock?
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the elements that rocks are made of. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Geology: Sedimentary Rocks
Listen to this podcast which explains the various processes that form sedimentary rock. [0:32]
Other
Idaho Department of Environmental Quality: Common Water Quality Measures
An organized resource highlighting properties of freshwater and water quality concerns.
eSchool Today
E School Today: Landforms
Understand the formation and geology of different landforms around the Earth.
US Geological Survey
Usgs Earth's Water: Rivers and the Landscape
Describes the formation of rivers and the transport of soil and sediment. Links to related material is provided within the text.