Curated OER
Geology Project Notes
For 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...
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Siemens Science Day: Earth Science: Let's Get Carried Away!
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.
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Ohio Stream Management Guide: Natural Stream Processes [Pdf]
Provides detailed and technical information and diagrams concerning stream formation, channel shapes, erosional process, and stream management.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Observing Stream Erosion, Calculating Stream Discharge
In this investigation, middle schoolers will observe erosional patterns in a small stream, calculate discharge at four different points, draw depth profiles for the points where they determined discharge, and collect data on stream...
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden: Rivers & Streams of the World
A great site from The Evergreen Project that provides information about watersheds, how a stream becomes a river, when rivers run into the ocean, longest rivers of the world and much more. There are also other sections of this site that...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Using Inquiry to Discover Stream Formations in a Small Stream
Young scholars map a section of a small stream, and from that process begin to investigate and discover the basic features of a stream and its development.
Gulf of Maine Research Institute
What Is a Stream?
Discusses how watersheds turn into a stream bed and where the water comes from. Follow the link "Life In the Mainstream" to get more detailed information about streams.
US Geological Survey
Usgs Earth's Water: Rivers and the Landscape
Describes the formation of rivers and the transport of soil and sediment. Links to related material is provided within the text.
University of Oregon
Streams and Stream Dynamics/evolution of Drainage System
Drainage basis and drainage patterns, in addition to the three stages of stream development(youthful, mature, old age).
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Puget Sound Nearshore Environments Stream Mouth
Information specific to developing near streams and the damage it can cause to these bodies of water.
Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition
Ovec: Stream Formation and Erosion
A detailed description of stream formation and the erosion process that occurs.