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PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Rivers and Streams

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn more about Rivers and Streams through this educational resource. This site features photographs, a description, fun facts, and more about this type of freshwater ecosystem.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Stream Char and Discharge: Interdisciplinary Approach

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this Interdisciplinary Field Investigation students will combine science, math, geography, creative writing and art. The setting will be a local stream (site yet to be determined, Minnehaha or Vermillion) where 150 students will...
Unit Plan
National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion: El Modelado Del Paisaje I

For Students 9th - 10th
This unit will discuss how the external geological agents cause the arrangement of the landscape that can be found throughout the earth. It contains 18 interactive activities.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: Watersheds Urban and Rural

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this activity young scholars build models of two types of watersheds, one urban and one rural. They will then simulate rain or the water cycle and observe what happens to the 'soil.' This activity leads to discussions about the water...
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Other

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Leaching

For Students 9th - 10th
An informative site describing the process of leaching, including links to diagrams which illustrate the process. The health risks posed by leaching are touched upon.
Website
National Geographic

National Geographic: Human Impacts on the Environment

For Students 9th - 10th
Humans impact the physical environment in many ways: overpopulation, pollution, burning fossil fuels, and deforestation. Changes like these have triggered climate change, soil erosion, poor air quality, and undrinkable water. These...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Design, Build and Test Your Own Landfill

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students design and build model landfills using materials similar to those used by engineers for full-scale landfills. Their completed small-size landfills are "rained" on and subjected to other erosion processes. The goal is to create...
Lesson Plan
US Geological Survey

Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation: Why Worry About Wetland?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Help students understand the functions and values of wetlands through these multiple intelligences learning activities. The site also includes information about the wetland habitats, commercial values, water quality, and erosion control.
eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Second Grade Science

For Students 2nd
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This is a science text for Grade 2. Section titles include: A World of Ice and Water, Changes, Earthquakes, The Grand Canyon, Mountains, Preventing Erosion, Tidal...
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Scholastic

Scholastic Instructor: Seashore Science

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Come and learn with this incredible seashore science resource. The content includes fun facts, experiments, reproducible activities, resources and more.
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Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: Fresh Water Wetlands

For Students 3rd - 5th
What are fresh water wetlands? What creatures live in a wetland? Are wetlands in danger? Find out at this informative site. Use the toolbar at the left to navigate through the site.
Website
Other

Planet Ark: World Environmental News

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Sinkholes in a Cup

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students simulate a sinkhole, and discover the geological catalysts that happen beofore sinkholes occur.
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Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Drainage on the Laurentian Plateau, 1911

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1911 of a portion of the Laurentian Plateau region of North America showing the drainage and lake network west of Lake Nipigon. The map shows the division line for waters flowing to the Albany and the Winnipeg river systems,...
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Curated OER

Discovering How Landforms Are Created on Earth

For Students 9th - 10th
Students compare water and ice erosion to discover how landforms are created.
Graphic
Curated OER

Discovering How Landforms Are Created on Earth

For Students 9th - 10th
Students compare water and ice erosion to discover how landforms are created.
Graphic
Curated OER

Discovering How Landforms Are Created on Earth

For Students 9th - 10th
Students compare water and ice erosion to discover how landforms are created.
Graphic
Curated OER

Discovering How Landforms Are Created on Earth

For Students 9th - 10th
Students compare water and ice erosion to discover how landforms are created.
Graphic
Curated OER

Discovering How Landforms Are Created on Earth

For Students 9th - 10th
Students compare water and ice erosion to discover how landforms are created.
Graphic
Curated OER

Discovering How Landforms Are Created on Earth

For Students 9th - 10th
Students compare water and ice erosion to discover how landforms are created.

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