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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Earth Science for Kids: Erosion

For Students 1st - 9th
Study the subject of erosion including water, wind, and glacial erosion, fun facts, human causes, and controlling it on this site.
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Article
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: What Is River and Stream Erosion?

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about several different aspects of river and stream erosion.
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Activity
Utah Education Network

Uen: Blowing and Flowing

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students make predictions about the erosion of three types of soil. The three soil types contain varying amounts of vegetation. This investigation requires the construction of an erosion table. The activity takes only 45 minutes, but the...
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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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Activity
Other

Siemens Science Day: Earth Science: Let's Get Carried Away!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This hands-on science activity allows students to use a stream table to learn about the processes of erosion and stream-bed formation. Students will understand the effect of water speed on erosion rate and stream formation.
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Handout
US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Why Are Wetlands Important?

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out why wetlands provide natural water quality, flood protection, erosion control, recreation and aesthetic appreciation, and natural products.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Processes of Sedimentation in Gravel Pits

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this field investigation, students will investigate processes of deposition that have contributed to the current Minnesota sediments and landscape. After learning about weathering and erosion and having a short introduction to...
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Coastal Geological Processes

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive resource adapted from the National Park Service describes the many forces that affect shorelines, including tides, weathering, erosion, and deposition. Includes background reading handout and discussion questions.
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Handout
US Geological Survey

Us Geological Survey: Water Science School: Sinkholes

For Students 9th - 10th
What is a sinkhole? Where are they found? What causes them? This text based article will provide the answer to these questions, and more!
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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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Other

Watersheds.org: A Stream Table Makes a Miniature Stream

For Students 9th - 10th
See a stream table being made and learn what a real stream does to the land.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Dust Busters: How No Plow Farmers Try to Save Our Soil

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this environmental science fair project, students will build models of fields prepared by plow-based and no-till methods, and see which ones are best at retaining soil moisture and preventing surface runoff.
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Handout
US Geological Survey

USGS: Urbanization and Water Quality

For Students 3rd - 8th
This website focuses on water quality issues in relation to urbanization. There are helpful links to brief articles on topics like storm runoff, wastewater, and the underground water table. Click "Water Science School HOME" to access the...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers:canyonlands: The Power of Water

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Determine how the amount and rate of water flow affect the amount of erosion.
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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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Lesson Plan
National Association of Geoscience Teachers

Nagt: Variable Rivers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson learners will be introduced to rivers and river processes. They will test an isolated variable in rivers and they will test either the amount of water, velocity of water, or steepness of the river bed to determine how...
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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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Handout
Other

Tulane University: Physical Geology: Glaciers and Glaciation

For Students 9th - 10th
Lots of information here about glaciation, types of glaciers, the formation of glacial ice, changes in glacier size, how glaciers move, glacial erosion, landforms produced by glaciers, glacial deposition and drift, effects of glaciation...
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Website
Columbia University

Nasa: Sedac: Marine and Coastal Regions and Sea Level Rise

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A collection of fifteen data sets from SEDAC (Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center) that examine the impact rising sea levels is having on marine and coastal regions. They look at mangrove...
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Lesson Plan
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Soils

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Seven hands-on lessons module allows students to learn about soils. These inquiry-based investigations explore the kinds and arrangements of materials in soils, the amount of water that flows through soil, and how soil is eroded.
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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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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Rivers 2

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson students evaluate the water cycle and how rivers erode, transport, and deposit materials to produce physical features. Many slides and aerial photos of flooding and riverbanks are...
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Understanding Deposition in Geology

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what is meant by the deposition of sediments by wind and water and provides examples of the resulting landforms.
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Lesson Plan
National Association of Geoscience Teachers

Nagt: Variable Rivers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity students will test amount of water, velocity and steepness of a tabletop riverbed to see how it affects a river's depth, width, and delta size.

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