Unit Outline: Weathering and Erosion

Due Date:December 2, 2013 (Period 7 due December 11, 2013)
Earth Science: Weathering and Rocks Layered Assignments

OBJECTIVES
____ 1. Knows the term weathering.
____ 2. Knows the terms: erosion, sedimentation, deposition.
____ 3. Understands how wind, ice, waves, and water break down materials over time.
____ 4. Understand how erosion, chemical and physical weathering cause surface changes.

LAYER C- BASIC UNDERSTANDING- Choose a total of 30 pts from the assignments below.

Weathering and Erosion (Section 14-1 and 14-4)
____ 1. Directed Reading- Section: Weathering Processes (5pts)
____ 2. Directed Reading- Section: Erosion 14-4 (5 pts)
____ 3. Tri-Fold or Concept Map for Chapter 14-4 (5 pts)
____ 4. Tri-Fold or Concept Map for Chapter 14-1 (5 pts)
____ 5. Notes From Bill Nye Video on Blog (10 pts)
____ 5. Notes on ‘Physical Weathering’ video on blog (5 pts)
____ 6. Define Key Terms for 14-1 and 14-4 (5 pts)
____ 7. Make a detailed diagram comparing mechanical and chemical weathering (5 pts).
____ 8. Make a detailed diagram of landforms associated with glaciers, wind or water erosion. (5 pts)
____ 9. Blog: Geology Animations, Interactive Exercises; Choose 4 and list important vocabulary(10 pts)
_____ Weathering _____ Glaciers
_____ Sedimentary Rocks _____ Shorelines
_____ Groundwater _____ Mass Movement
_____ Rivers
____ 10. Download ESA Earth From Space: A Living Beauty and answer the questions on this Worksheet. (10 pts)
_____ 11. Study Jams Weathering and Erosion (5 pts)
_____ 12. Study Jams Landforms (5 pts)
_____ 13. Explain the relationship between Particle size and Velocity (5pts)
_____ 14. Use CK-12 Open Source Textbook link to cover Erosion and Weathering. Complete 1 reading questions, 1 reading activity and quizzes (10 pts)
_____ 15. Use CK-12 Open Source Textbook to cover Mechanical Weathering. Complete 1 reading questions, 1 reading activity and quizzes (10 pts)
_____ 16. Use CK-12 Open Source Textbook to cover Chemical Weathering. Complete 1 reading questions, 1 reading activity and quizzes (10 pts)

LAYER B- APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE (Lab plus 10 points )
Required Lab Chemical and Physical Weathering
____ 1. Create a PowerPoint or iBook on landforms shaped by wind, ice, waves or rivers (10 pts)
____ 2. Obtain 3 carefully selected soil samples from your yard and test them according to the soil test kit provided. (10 pts)
____ 3. Create a slideshow of images of a National Park website for a park that has evidence of weathering and erosion. Label the mechanism and explaination of the patterns observed(10 pts)
____ 4. How do Civil Engineers prevent weathering and erosion. Explain three stratagies do they use to control water erosion (10 pts)
____ 5. Water on Mars? Student Exploration (10 pts)

Next Generation Science Standards: Weathering and Erosion

For our assessment of this unit, we will look at several standards from the Next Generation Science Standards. Our test at the end of the unit will address each theme covered below.

Next Generation Science Standards
Core
Resource availability has guided the development of human society and use of natural resources has associated costs, risks, and benefits.

How has weathering and erosion impacted human society?

Natural hazards and other geological events have shaped the course of human history at local, regional, and global scales.

How have natural hazards such as floods, earthquakes, avalanches and landforms shaped the course of human history?

Sustainability of human societies requires responsible management of natural resources, including the development of technologies.

How has human activity impacted weathering, erosion and landforms?

Crosscutting
Patterns. Observed patterns of forms and events guide organization and classification, and
they prompt questions about relationships and the factors that influence them.

What patterns can be seen in weathering and erosion by wind, water, mass movement and chemical weathering?

Cause and effect: Mechanism and explanation. Events have causes, sometimes simple,
sometimes multifaceted.

How are specific patterns and landforms created by weathering and erosion?

Systems and system models. Defining the system under study—specifying its boundaries and making explicit a model of that system—provides tools for understanding and testing ideas that are applicable throughout science and engineering.

How can we model and observe the patterns, systems and causes created by weathering and erosion?

Bill Nye Weathering and Erosion

Geology Animations, Interactive Exercises

Geology Animations, Interactive Exercises, and now... Songs!
Songs! Here is a new page with a student-crafted songs about volcanoes and climate change, in MP3 format. Paul's Favorite Student Volcano Songs

Flash! Here are direct links to several cool interactive physical geology topics. You might need the Macromedia Flash or Shockwave browser plug-in (free) to see them:


Weathering Animation: physical and chemical mechanisms explained and illustrated
Sedimentary Rocks Animation: from depositional environments to texture and composition
Groundwater Animation: with seasonally fluctuating ground water levels
River Flood Animation: with watersheds, discharge, hydrographs, and flood control methods
Mass Movement Animation: covering mechanisms and an interactive landslide game
Glacier Animation: accumulation, ablation, and glacial landscape evolution
Shorelines Animation: coastal erosion, longshore drift, engineering methods (from www.ck12.org)

These modules were originally developed by Smoothstone (RIP) for Houghton Mifflin Company.
They are shown here for promotional purposes courtesy of Houghton Mifflin.
© 2001 - 2002 Houghton Mifflin Company

Physical Weathering Notes