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University of Miami

What is it? Weathering, Erosion, or Deposition?

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Just as rocks move through the rock cycle, your giddy geologists will move descriptions around until they are all in the correct category. After cutting out several types of rock movement, learners determine whether the action is...
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University of Southern California

Wave Erosion Lab

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Using a stream table, erosion enthusiasts examine how the density of sediment and how the slope of land contribute to the amount moved by waves. You will not be able to use this entire resource as is; there are teachers' names and...
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Curated OER

Erosion Deposition Review

For Students 7th - 10th
In this erosion deposition worksheet, students fill in 36 blanks to complete sentences about the formation of soil, the forces of erosion, physical and chemical weathering, sediments and soil deposition.
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Curated OER

Earth Shaped by Water

For Students 6th - 8th
In this Earth worksheet, students review the different ways water shapes the Earth's surface. This worksheet has 1 short answer and 10 matching questions.
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Curated OER

Geology Project Notes

For Students 5th - 8th
In this geology worksheet, students fill in notes using a variety of resources. Students answer questions as it relates to geology, soil erosion, mass movement, and deposition. Students research information about the presented aspects of...
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Curated OER

A Model of the Rock Cycle

For Teachers 7th - 9th
In this rock cycle worksheet, students use different colored crayons to represent different types of rocks. They follow step by step procedures to model the rock cycle with the crayons. Students draw the rock cycle, show weathering,...
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Curated OER

Shaping the Land

For Students 4th - 8th
In this shaping the land activity, students will match 7 vocabulary words relating to the movement of sediments to its definition. Students will read 10 statements about how water and glaciers impact sediment movement and answer true or...
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Curated OER

Gallery Walk Questions on Rivers

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
A Gallery Walk is a technique that allows small groups to visit different stations, where they examine and discuss materials about an overarching topic. Questions about rivers and fluvial processes are available in this resource;...
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Curated OER

Sedimentary Rocks

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this sedimentary rock worksheet, students answer 9 fill-in-the-blank questions and 8 matching questions regarding sedimentary rocks and their formation.
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Curated OER

Sequence of Events Practice 7-Rock Layers

For Students 7th - 10th
In this rock layers learning exercise, students are given a diagram of rock layers each labeled with a letter. Students identify 18 events in sequential order that occurred to form the layers. They label each type of rock using the...
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Curated OER

Snapshot Day Definitions & Activities

For Students 7th - 10th
In this watershed activity, students read through related definitions and complete 17 short answer questions about deposition and erosion in the Hudson River.
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Curated OER

Sequence of Events

For Students 6th - 10th
In this rock layers worksheet, students list the events needed to make the pattern of rock layers shown, ordering them from oldest to youngest. This worksheet has 15 short answer questions.
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Curated OER

The Ocean Floor and Shore Zones

For Students 7th - 10th
Make textbook reading more engaging using this reading activities learning exercise, through which scholars review major features found on the ocean floor and the processes that formed these features. They complete 11 terms in a...
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Curated OER

Sequence of Events

For Students 6th - 10th
In this rock layers worksheet, students list the events needed to make the pattern of rock layers shown in the diagram from oldest to youngest. This worksheet has 4 short answer questions.
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Curated OER

Sequence of Events

For Students 6th - 10th
In this rock layers worksheet, students list the events needed to make the pattern of rock layers shown in order from oldest to youngest. This worksheet has 5 short answer questions.
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Curated OER

Sequence of Events Practice #5

For Students 7th - 12th
In this rock layers activity, students list the events needed to make the pattern of rock layers shown from oldest to youngest. This activity has 15 fill in the blank questions.
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Gravity

For Students 8th
In this gravity worksheet, 8th graders complete 4 different questions related to defining gravity. First, they identify the various types of mass movement that is described in each. Then, students explain what each of the 4 types of...
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Doing a Lab Write Up

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, students examine the topic in order to solidify knowledge covered in the curriculum using puzzles and creative games.
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Forest Foundation

The Sustainable Forest

For Teachers 5th - 7th
As part of their examination of forest ecosystems, class members examine how foresters, biologists, botanists, geologists, and hydrologists work to together to develop a management plan for sustainable forests.
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Relative Age Dating

For Students 6th - 8th
Modeling dough and paper cutouts in science class? Learn about how relative age dating concepts, like the Law of Superposition and cross-cutting relationships, can be used to describe the formation of sedimentary layers.
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Curated OER

Science Review for Grade 5 (5.2)

For Students 5th
In this science review for grade 5 (5.2) worksheet, 5th graders answer 25 earth science questions in a standardized test format, including reading maps and diagrams.
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Curated OER

Sequence of Events Practice-Rock Layers

For Students 7th - 9th
In this rock layers worksheet, learners are given a diagram of various rock layers. They determine and list 14 events that occurred in order to form the rock layers in the diagram.
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Curated OER

Sequence of Events Practice 3-Rock Layers

For Students 7th - 10th
In this rock layer worksheet, students are given a diagram showing a pattern of rock layers from oldest to youngest. Students list the sequence of events that occurred in order to form the pattern shown.
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Curated OER

Geologic History of Long Island Sound

For Students 7th - 10th
In this geologic history of Long Island Sound worksheet, students read about how the Long Island sound was formed through rivers and glaciers advancing and retreating. Students answer 5 questions about the reading and the formation of...