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Coastal Investigation Using SandSnap Database part of Teaching Activities
Shelley Whitmeyer, James Madison University
Students will learn about sediment properties and use these properties to analyze coastal processes. Data for this activity is provided. Students will infer the direction of longshore transport and test their ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks:Clastics , Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Coastal-zone, Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Sediment Transport and Deposition
Ice Cream Model -- How Glaciers Formed the Minnesota Landscape part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Ginger Baldwin
Bert Raney Elementary
Granite Falls, MN
Based on an activity from:
Harries, Kia, Rager, Amy. 1997. Minnesota Living Rivers, Unpublished curriculum, University of Minnesota Extension Service.
www.riverwatchonline.org
www.dnr.state.mn.us/snas/naturalhistory.html
(provides good background information)
This activity is a teacher demonstration of an ice cream model representing glacier movement across Minnesota. Teacher/student questions and discussion should be encouraged during the demonstration.
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Demonstration
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Glacial/Periglacial
Landscape Regions part of GeoMapApp Learning Activities:Learning Activities
Relationships between landscape appearance, topography and underlying geology are explored in this activity, with a focus upon the Adirondack Mountains area. Landscape Regions: Annotated Teacher Edition (Microsoft ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Fluvial
Investigation erosion in our world part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Amy Anderson, Virginia Peninsula Community College
This activity is a field investigation where students go out to a water source and observe erosion that has taken place.
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Field Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Fluvial
GO Inquire System part of Metacognition:Activities
Erin Peters, George Mason University
GO Inquire is an online tool used to develop knowledge and skills of 4th grade science students in the concepts of erosion, transportation and deposition.
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes, Education, Geography:Physical, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landscape Evolution