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Glaciers and Ice Wedging Lesson PlanGlaciers and Ice Wedging Lesson Plan
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Glaciers and Ice Wedging

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Fourth graders observe and identify a variety of weathering and geological activities in the area in which they live. This focuses primarily on what happened during the Ice Age, and how, even today, glaciers are shaping and re-shaping the landscape in certain parts of the world. 

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glaciers, weathering, the ice age

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science

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  • A really good in-class hands-on activity aptly illustrates the forces of glaciers

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