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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Environmental Science: Geology, Soil and Land Management

For Students 9th - 10th
Students explore how Earth processes shape the land, and how important managing the land can be in response to these natural activities.
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Handout
Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Charles Sherwood Noble

For Students 9th - 10th
One of Alberta's greater known inventors, Charles Noble, is explored through his biography and his impact on soil erosion, the invention of the "Noble Blade" and the history of Nobleford, a community in southern Alberta named for him.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Mo: Sanborn Field and Soil Erosion Plots

For Students 9th - 10th
Located on the University of Missouri campus the research conducted here helped establish soil conservation policy in the United States. The organism Streptomyces aureofaciens the original source of the drug Chlortetracycline...
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Website
Wessels Living History Farm

Living History Farm: Contour Plowing

For Students 9th - 10th
Wessels Living History Farm explains some of the history behind contour plowing in the United States. Great photo illustrating contour planting on terraces in Iowa included.
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Handout
Other

Alberta Riparian Habitat Management Society: Growing Restoration [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This article describes how to go about restoring a freshwater shoreline in a riparian area in Alberta.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Geology: Surface Processes

For Students 9th - 10th
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,...
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Glaciers, Water and Wind, Oh My!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This hands-on activity explores five different forms of erosion (chemical, water, wind, glacier and temperature). Students rotate through stations and model each type of erosion on rocks, soils and minerals. The students record their...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Jason: Land Erosion Running Off With Soil

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Rainforests at the Crossroads: Examine the relationship between rainfall and runoff on Barro Colorado Island (BCI) over a period of one year. Then examine the data and use the TI-73 Explorer to graph and analyze the values.
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Handout
US Geological Survey

Usgs: Eolian Processes

For Students 9th - 10th
A site containing a description of basic Eolian (wind) processes and how they effect various types of terrain. Includes many pictures which illustrate the presented concepts.
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Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Fundamentals of Environmental Pollution and Control

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from a fundamentals of environmental pollution and control course taught at the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning. The course teaches water pollutants, waste water treatment, soil acidity,...
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Website
Instituto Latinoamericano de la Comunicacion Educativa

La Ciencia Para Todos: Quimica

For Students 9th - 10th
Some of the topic discussed here are electrode, electrochemical corrosion, cathode protection, soil erosion, heat and work, chemical reaction and heat, the green house effect and the kitchen and chemistry.
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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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Website
National Geographic

National Geographic: Human Impacts on the Environment

For Students 9th - 10th
Humans impact the physical environment in many ways: overpopulation, pollution, burning fossil fuels, and deforestation. Changes like these have triggered climate change, soil erosion, poor air quality, and undrinkable water. These...
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Engineering for the 3 Little Pigs

For Students 3rd - 5th
The purpose of this activity is to demonstrate the importance of rocks, soils and minerals in engineering and how using the right material for the right job is important. The students build three different sand castles and test them for...
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Unit Plan
Idaho State University

Idaho State University: Landslides, Slope Failure, Other Mass Wasting Processes

For Students 9th - 10th
Slope failure is the downslope movement of rock debris and soil in response to gravitational stresses. Three major types of mass wasting are classified by the type of downslope movement. The types of movement, falls, slides, and flows...
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Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Engineering for the Earth

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young students are introduced to the complex systems of the Earth through numerous lessons on its natural resources, processes, weather, climate and landforms. Key earth science topics include rocks, soils and minerals, water and natural...
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Unit Plan
Utah State Office of Education

Utah Science: Rocks & Minerals

For Students 9th - 10th
A unit on rocks and minerals presented with interactive and classroom activities. Gain understanding of rocks, weather, erosion, earthquakes, and relative dating with this resource.
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Handout
Other

Alberta Riparian Habitat Management: Protecting Shorelines & Streambanks [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Protecting Shorelines & Streambanks - Naturally explains the critical importance of healthy shorelines for preventing soil erosion and filtering out pollutants. It looks specifically at riparian areas, such as those in Alberta, which...
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Weathering and Decomposition

For Students 2nd - 6th
Learn about weathering and decomposition in this tutorial that includes interactive activities, videos, and more.
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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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Activity
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: What's Down There?

For Students 9th - 10th
Students build a model to learn about the cycle of erosion and deposition by water and wind which deposits layer upon layer of rock, soil, and organic material to the surface.
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Handout
US Geological Survey

Usgs Earth's Water: Rivers and the Landscape

For Students 3rd - 8th
Describes the formation of rivers and the transport of soil and sediment. Links to related material is provided within the text.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Raindrop Erosion

For Students 9th - 10th
Reasons for concern, soil degradation, gravity and compaction, rain, wind, and remedies for saving cropland are just a few of the many topics explored in this all encompassing site.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Wind Erosion

For Students 9th - 10th
Reasons for concern, soil degradation, gravity and compaction, rain, wind, and remedies for saving cropland are just a few of the many topics explored in this all encompassing site.

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