Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: "Weathering" Heights

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson introduces students to weathering. Students will watch videos and complete drawings and diagrams as they learn about weathering, erosion, and deposition. Students will complete a simple demonstration and relate it to how the...
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Erosion in Rivers

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
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...
Activity
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: The Earth Trek Gravestone Project

For Students 9th - 10th
The Gravestone Project, part of the global citizen science program called EarthTrek, seeks volunteers to visit cemeteries around the world and collect scientific data on how marble gravestones are weathering.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Showing the Difference Between Erosion and Weathering

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In the lesson, the young scholars will be learning about weathering and erosion. They will see examples of weathering and erosion and the difference between the two. They will be performing experiments that show weathering and erosion....
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: Stream Velocity Investigation Using Inquiry

For Teachers 6th - 8th
An outdoor activity where students visit a local stream for a scientific inquiry. They make observations about the stream, and take measurements of the stream's velocity, depth, and width. They will also develop a sediment thickness...