CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Chemical Weathering
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Chemical weathering wears down rocks through chemical reactions.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Chemical Weathering
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Chemical weathering wears down rocks through chemical reactions.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: What Is Chemical Weathering?
Learn about the chemical weathering processes that break down rocks.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Let's Get Physical! (Or Chemical Weathering)
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...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Fourth Grade Science: Earth Science: Weathering
[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.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating the Rate of Weathering on Various Rock Types.
In this Earth Science field investigation, students will make observations of the rock above and below the Minneopa State Park waterfalls. Students will then make observations of gravestones at Minneopa Cemetery. Through these...
Science Struck
Science Struck: Real Life Examples of Weathering
Explains what weathering is and gives lots of examples of mechanical, chemical, and biological weathering.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Weathering & Erosion
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.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Influences on Weathering
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Variables that affect the rate of weathering.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Factors That Influence Weathering of Monuments in a Cemetery
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...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Learning Lab: Building Up, Breaking Down
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....
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Chemical Weathering: Limestone
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a simple flipchart displaying the chemical process of limestone weathering.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Guide to Mechanical Weathering and Its Major Types
Describes the different types of mechanical weathering and how each of them breaks down rocks.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Weathering
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart introduces the concepts of weathering and erosion. Both physical and chemical weathering, and their causes are discussed. Video is embedded. The flipchart also has assessment questions...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Geology: Surface Processes
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,...
Curated OER
National Park Service: Us Geological Survey: Weathering vs. Erosion
The USGS & National Park Service provide a description of the difference between weathering and erosion, and the difference between chemical and mechanical weathering.
US Geological Survey
U.s. Geological Survey: What's the Difference Between Weathering and Erosion?
Brief explanation of the difference between weathering and erosion.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Making a Cave
This activity simulates the way that dissolution, a chemical weathering process, leads to the formation of caves.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Rock Solid
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...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Acid Attack
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...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Dirtmeister's Science Reporters: Erosion
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.
eSchool Today
E School Today: Your Revision Notes on Rocks
Covers the three main types of rocks, different weathering processes, erosion, and the rock cycle.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: It's Raining, It's Pouring: Chemical Analysis of Rainwater
Here is an interesting project that could be approached from several different scientific angles: Environmental Science, Weather & Atmosphere, Chemistry, or Plant Biology. You can probably think of your own variations to emphasize...