Curated OER
Arsenic Globally
Learners, using directed questions, identify five internet resources. They use these resources to identify relevant information by highlighting those sections that address the provided questions. Students present the answers to these...
Curated OER
Earth in the Hot Seat
Young scholars identify the different viewpoints on the issue of global warming. While watching a video, they take notes on the issues presented to them and answer questions about what Alaska, Peru and East Africa are doing to prevent...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Weathering and Decomposition
Learn about weathering and decomposition in this tutorial that includes interactive activities, videos, and more.
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.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Erosion in Rivers
Students learn about water erosion through an experimental process in which small-scale buildings are placed along a simulated riverbank to experience a range of flooding conditions. They make model buildings either with a 3D printer or...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Trb 4:3 Investigation 4 Erosion
Activities help students understand erosion.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigation Erosion in Our World
In this lab activity, students will look for evidence of erosion in river or streams. This activity should take place after students have observed erosion in a model.
US Department of Agriculture
U.s. Department of Agriculture: Soil Erosion Experiments
Experiment explores how soil erosion occurs.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Engineering for the 3 Little Pigs
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...
Utah State Office of Education
Utah Science: Rocks & Minerals
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.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Rain Erosion: Does the Rate of Water Effect Erosion?
In this lab, students investigate whether the rate of water falling (rain) affects the amount of erosion (soil movement). This experiment could lead to further questions: how does grass or rocks effect soil erosion, does erosion lead to...
A to Z Teacher Stuff
A to Z Teacher Stuff: Identifying Erosion
AtoZteacherstuff.com presents "Identifying Erosion", a lesson plan for grade levels 3-5. Related URLS and teacher feedback provided.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Erosion in Our World
Young scholars collect evidence to investigate erosion and deposition around the schoolyard.
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,...
Bill Nye
Bill Nye: Erosion Explosion
Try this at-home science experiment to learn about how erosion works.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: What Are the Biological Processes of Weathering?
Learn about biological factors in the weathering and breakdown of rocks.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Landscape Evolution
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...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Glaciers, Water and Wind, Oh My!
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...
Australian Museum
Australian Museum: Sedimentary Processes
Everything you need to know about sedimentary rocks and the processes by which they are created, including weathering, soils, environments, and classification.
Library of Congress
Loc: Mexico: Climate and Environment
This site has detailed information on the climate and environment of Mexico. It discusses environmental problems such as flooding, erosion, and soil destruction as well.
Idaho State University
Idaho State University: Landslides, Slope Failure, Other Mass Wasting Processes
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...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Engineering for the Earth
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...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Geographical Skills
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson students understand how physical processes (weathering, erosion, climates, soils, and landforms) shape earth's surface patterns and systems.
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Planet Ark: World Environmental News
Welcome to Planet Ark's daily Reuters World Environment News - the most comprehensive source of environmental news on the Net. To read previous news stories, please use the search engine below to find stories relating to any...