Operation: Tectonic Fury
Weathering and Erosion
Weathering and Erosion
Objectives for this Mission
1. Student will explore the processes of weathering and erosion. 2. Students will compare weathering and erosion. Instructions
1. Choose "Operation: Tectonic Fury" from the left menu.
3a. Click here for Videos and follow these steps:
"What is Erosion" 3b. Compare/ Contrast with your partner. Enter the Photo Gallery in JASON for pictures of weathering and erosion. Talk with each other about whether the pictures match what you learned in the videos. 4. Choose "Stage 1 Weathering" from the Mission 2 Contents and read the Article "What is Weathering?"
5. Determining Importance: Make a copy of the graphic organizer called "Main Idea - Detail Web." Type Weathering and Erosion in the middle. Fill in the details you learned from reading the "What is Weathering" article. If you have time, read the red sections on Mechanical and Chemical Weathering. 6. CHOICE:
7a. Read the Article "Evidence of Weathering," both sections (mechanical and chemical.)
7b. Connecting: Make a copy of the graphic organizer called "Four in Agreement." Choose four for the eight types of weathering where you have seen something just like what they said in the text! Put one in each of the large boxes and write what you saw and where. In the middle write a sentence telling what you think about these geological processes. 8. Thinking Critically. Compare/Contrast, Connecting, Inferring: Log into your Google Docs account. Create a new document. Title your entry "W and E." SHARE it with your teacher. Write either a DESCRIPTIVE essay about # 1,3, or 4. OR write a PERSONAL NARRATIVE about #2. They must be in proper format, edited, and revised before turning in.
1. How are weathering and erosion different? 2. What are some signs of weathering and erosion that you have seen? 3. How might violent volcanic eruptions be a positive event for the earth? 4. How can heating and cooling cause weathering? 9. Build a Structure Lab
10. Act it Out Activity
11. Read the Article "Rates of Weathering."
12. Refer to the Article "Rates of Weathering."
13. Thinking Critically. Inferring, Synthesizing, Connecting: Log into your Google Docs account. Create a new document. Title your entry "Rates." SHARE it with your teacher. Answer two of the questions by using the words in your answer.
1. Why is it important for scientists to know the rate of weathering? 2. Should people influence whether or not weathering or erosion should occur? Should we encourage or prevent it? 3. What factors contribute to the rate of weathering? and HOW? 4. What is the climate like where you live? What does this tell you about the weathering rates there? 14. Read the article "What is Erosion?"
15. Determining Importance: As you read, complete the graphic organizer called "Taking Notes." 16. Thinking Critically. Connecting, Inferring, Synthesizing: Log into your Google Docs account. Create a new document. Title your entry "Erosion." SHARE it with your teacher. Answer three of the questions by using the words in your answer.
1. How did glaciers create the landforms we see today? 2. Think of the beaches you have seen or been to. What did you notice about the sand at each of these beaches? 3. What areas of the Earth / world are most affected by erosion? WHY? 4. How does sedimentation and deposition change the surface of the earth? 5. A lot of damage can come from erosion. Is it fair to say that erosion is always a bad thing? Support your answer with examples. 17. CLASS: Activity. Use the materials your teacher gives you to create abstract "erosion art." Blow GENTLY through the straw!
18. CLASS: Erosion Modeling Lab
19. Read the article "Mass Movement."
21. Return to the Visual Ranking website.
22. On the left menu, choose Digital Labs. Scroll down and choose Earth's Varied Geology.
23. Read the article "Earth's Varied Geology."
24. CLASS: Complete the chart papers your teacher assigns you. 25. OPTIONAL Click here for Videos and follow these steps:
Celebrate! You have completed a Mission! |
TIP Remember to read ALL the parts on the page, not just the main text. The extra boxes of information and diagrams often have more important information than the text!
TIP Study the pictures. It's often much easier to understand a new word by seeing it, not just reading the definition! Extra Activity: Take digital photos or videos to document evidence of weathering and erosion. Use the information from the Article "Evidence of Weathering" to help you label and record each type of weathering. Turn into your teacher and/or post online.
Extra Activity: Using the materials from #8 Build a Structure, create a building that can better withstand sun, wind and rain. Share your building before you place it outside. Report back to class. Extra Activity: Plan and carry out an experiment that would demonstrate one of the weathering processes. Write your experiment up using the Scientific Method and demonstrate what you did with your classmates. Extra Activity: Take the raindrop example from the "What is Erosion?" article and describe what part of it is weathering and what part is erosion. Turn in your decisions to your teacher. Extra Activity: After exploring your environment outside the school or at home, write a PERSUASIVE essay to convince your principal or parents to help prevent the erosion from occurring there in the future. Remember to include an introduction, conclusion, and at least 3 convincing reasons to make the change. Turn the essay into your teacher. Extra Activity: Research mass movement on the OCEAN floor! Where to the movements occur? When? How did scientists know it was happening? Turn in your research and answers to your teacher. Extra Activity: There are MANY more parts to Mission 2 from Operation Tectonic Fury. What else can you learn on your own? Turn in your work to your teacher. Extra Activity: Take the Quiz for this portion of Operation Tectonic Fury. Extra Activity: Go to Google Blogger and answer Other Web Resources
Glaciers retreating Melting Ice - search Earth- features Melting Glaciers - search Earth- features Gifts of the Glaciers All about Glaciers Human Footprint (erosion) - search Bio - visualizations Moving Mountains - search Earth- features Derecho Wind Storm - search Earth- features Erosion activity |