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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Go Inquire System

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners us the GO Inquire online tool to develop knowledge and skills in the concepts of erosion, transportation, and deposition.
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Unit Plan
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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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Seawater Chemistry

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes dissolved ions in seawater and their source.
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Lesson Plan
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Rock Abrasion

For Teachers 9th - 10th
During a study of rock weathering, students model the process of rock abrasion.
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Lesson Plan
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Rock Pop

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students investigate the process of rock being eaten away by acid, thus releasing carbon dioxide into the air.
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Activity
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: The Earth Trek Gravestone Project

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Acid Attack

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this activity, students explore the effect of chemical erosion on statues and monuments. They use chalk to see what happens when limestone is placed in liquids with different pH values. They also learn several things that engineers...
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Lesson Plan
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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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Water on the Earth

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
[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...
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Vocabulary Words in Context

For Teachers 5th Standards
In this lesson, 5th graders will use context clues as they learn new science vocabulary words through listening, reading and discussing the new content. The terms are associated with the reshaping of the earth's surface.
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Handout
Geography 4 kids

Geography4 Kids: Biosphere: Erosion

For Students 3rd - 8th
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.
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Handout
Geography 4 kids

Geography4 Kids: Biosphere: Weathering

For Students 3rd - 8th
A look at the different forms .. mechanical and biological .. that weathering can take. Each has its own unique processes including freeze thaw and salt wedging. Photos are included.
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Handout
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Weathering and Erosion

For Students 6th - 8th
A quick overview of the processes of weathering and erosion which shape Earth's surface.
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Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Dirtmeister's Science Reporters: Erosion

For Students 3rd - 5th
Dirtmeister describes erosion, how it works, different causes, and types of weathering. Included are questions to help get you thinking about erosion in your area.
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Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Interactives: Rock Cycle: How Rocks Change

For Students 5th - 9th
Find out how rocks and rock layers change with erosion and weathering.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Laura Candler: Weathering, Erosion and Deposition [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students differentiate between weathering, erosion, and deposition in this lesson plan for students grades 4-6.
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Handout
eSchool Today

E School Today: Landforms

For Students 4th - 8th
Understand the formation and geology of different landforms around the Earth.
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Handout
eSchool Today

E School Today: Introduction to Landslides and Mudflows

For Students 4th - 8th
Learn about landslides and mudslides.
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Handout
Australian Museum

Australian Museum: Sedimentary Processes

For Students 9th - 10th
Everything you need to know about sedimentary rocks and the processes by which they are created, including weathering, soils, environments, and classification.
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Handout
National Geographic

National Geographic: Encyclopedia: Weathering

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Nat Geo's encyclopedia entry will identify and explain what weathering is and how it affects Earth and the life on it. Check out the vibrant photographs will illustrate the weathering processes around the globe.
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Unit Plan
Other

Southern Kings Consolidated School: Mountains

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Site from the Southern Kings Consolidated School about mountains. Learn what mountains are and how they form.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fourth Grade Science: Earth Science: Weathering

For Students 4th - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Looks at mechanical and chemical weathering, agents of weathering, and gives examples of each type of weathering.
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Handout
Center for Educational Technologies

Earth Science Explorer: The Rock Cycle

For Students 3rd - 6th
This one-page explanation of the rock cycle contains a very helpful diagram and useful explanatory notes. Site explains how rocks are made and broken down.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: River's Path

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
What determines the path of a river? Rivers follow the path of least resistance changing the landscape by carrying sediment and debris along the way.