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Utah Education Network

Uen: Plop! Plop! Fizz! Fizz!

For Teachers 4th
Learn about physical and chemical weathering.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Factors That Influence Weathering of Monuments in a Cemetery

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students will discover some of the factors that influence weathering of the monuments in a cemetery. These factors may include the type of rock, length of time the rock has been exposed to the elements or the amount of...
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University of Hawai'i

Pretty Green Mineral Pretty Dry Mars

For Students 9th - 10th
Olivine-bearing rocks, similar to those found in Hawaii, have been found on Mars. Use this site to learn more about what has been found on Mars.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Weathering & Erosion

For Students 3rd - 5th
A video and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of weathering and erosion, what they are, and how they alter the Earth's surface.
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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: Earth Science Week: Making a Cave

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity simulates the way that dissolution, a chemical weathering process, leads to the formation of caves.
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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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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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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Rock Solid

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Rocks cover the earth's surface, including what is below or near human-made structures. With rocks everywhere, breaking rocks can be hazardous and potentially disastrous to people. Students are introduced to three types of material...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Chemical Weathering

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Chemical weathering wears down rocks through chemical reactions.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Chemical Weathering

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Chemical weathering wears down rocks through chemical reactions.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Influences on Weathering

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Variables that affect the rate of weathering.
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Other

Environment Canada: What Is Acid Rain?

For Students 3rd - 8th
A thorough explanation of acid rain with a focus on the following topics: what is acid rain, the pH scale measures acidity, what does acid rain do, and what can I do about acid rain.
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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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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Real Life Examples of Weathering

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what weathering is and gives lots of examples of mechanical, chemical, and biological weathering.
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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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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Let's Get Physical! (Or Chemical Weathering)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson helps students learn the differences between physical and chemical weathering. Students will complete various activities in which they identify and describe the type of weathering that is taking place.This lesson plan was...
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Chemical Weathering Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive study guide covers the main terms and concepts needed for an earth science unit on chemical weathering. Review questions are included at the bottom of the study guide.
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Michigan Reach Out

Reach Out Michigan: Acid Rain

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This experiment from Reach Out Michigan "demonstrates the effect of acid rain on statues and buildings."
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Curated OER

National Park Service: Us Geological Survey: Weathering vs. Erosion

For Students 9th - 10th
The USGS & National Park Service provide a description of the difference between weathering and erosion, and the difference between chemical and mechanical weathering.
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Handout
US Geological Survey

U.s. Geological Survey: What's the Difference Between Weathering and Erosion?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Brief explanation of the difference between weathering and erosion.
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Article
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: What Is Chemical Weathering?

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the chemical weathering processes that break down rocks.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Chemical Weathering: Limestone

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a simple flipchart displaying the chemical process of limestone weathering.
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Salt Crystallization

For Students 5th - 8th
Learn how salt crystallizes and the weathering effect that this has on rocks and on structures.