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...

Eight hands-on lessons module where students learn about rocks and landforms. These inquiry-based investigations explore the different types of rocks, how they are formed, the different types of landforms, and the effects of glaciers on...

Studies weathering and provides a brief overview of what weathering is and how it effects the environment.

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...

Examples, with images, of different types of landforms created by water and wind erosion.

Learn about the natural process of erosion.

Get an overview of the influences of weathering.

Learn the basics of the process of weathering.

Learn how weathering changes rocks.

Learn about biological factors in the weathering and breakdown of rocks.

Covers the three main types of rocks, different weathering processes, erosion, and the rock cycle.

This series of photos dramatically illustrates the process of mechanical weathering known as rock abrasion. Taken over a 100 year span, you can see the effects of rock abrasion on Jump-off Joe, a sea stack at Nye Beach in Oregon. The...

In this video from Nature, learn about the erosive action of water on the Hawaiian landscape and human efforts to limit it.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses how flowing water causes erosion; describes how runoff, streams, and rivers change Earth's surface; and identifies features caused by groundwater erosion.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses how waves cause erosion of shorelines, features formed by wave deposition, and ways to protect shorelines from wave erosion.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Identifies causes and effects of landslides and mudslides and explains how slump and creep occur.

Fourth graders explore the erosive effects of waves, streams, glaciers, and wind.

A lab activity where students study the" relationships between landscape appearance, topography and underlying geology". In this particular activity students explore the landscape region of New York State to see the effects of...

While visiting three separate sites in or near the Minnesota River valley, middle schoolers will question the deposition environment of rock types found and the creation of the valley itself. Students will discover find types of rock...

The purpose of this activity is to demonstrate the importance of rocks, soils and minerals in engineering and how using the right material for the right job is important. The students build three different sand castles and test them for...

Explains erosion, its effects, causes, and how it can be controlled.

In this lab, students investigate whether the rate of water falling (rain) affects the amount of erosion (soil movement). This experiment could lead to further questions: how does grass or rocks effect soil erosion, does erosion lead to...

Students collect evidence to investigate erosion and deposition around the schoolyard.

This site has detailed information on the climate and environment of Mexico. It discusses environmental problems such as flooding, erosion, and soil destruction as well.