Weathering and

Erosion Websites:

 

The links below can be used to help you to learn more about weathering and erosion and create your models.

 

Links to Weathering and Erosion Websites:

 

General Erosion and Weathering Sites:

http://teacher.scholastic.com/dirtrep/erosion/invest.htm

 

http://www.waite.adelaide.edu.au/school/Soil/erosion.html

 

http://www.cjnetworks.com/~sccdistrict/shw_ubso/index.htm

 

http://www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/enviro/erosion/ecare.html

 

http://www.state.me.us/dep/blwq/doceducation/dirt.htm

 

Weathering Site:

http://www.stonecaretechniques.com/8_m.htm

 

Glaciers:

http://www.uvm.edu/whale/GlaciersGlacialAges.html

 

Wave Erosion:

http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/pubinfo/jump.html

 

http://library.thinkquest.org/J0110230/ 

 

For pictures of weathered places:

http://www.geosci.unc.edu/faculty/glazner/Images/Weathering/weathering.html

 

Links to Experiments related to Weathering and Erosion:

Frost Action:

http://www.howstuffworks.com/framed.htm?parent=exp-db13.htm&url=http://nyelabs.com

 

http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/activity/earth/earth-8.html

 

Sand dune Erosion (Wind Erosion):

http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=2184

http://www.carolina.com/calendar_activities/2002/0202.asp

 

Water Erosion:

http://teacher.scholastic.com/dirt/erosion/index.htm

 

http://www2.kenyon.edu/Projects/Farmschool/nature/eropro.htm

 

Science Fair Project Page:

http://www.bcpl.info/kidspage/sciencefair.html

 

Chemical and Mechanical Weathering:

http://www.consrv.ca.gov/cgs/information/kids_geozone/do_rocks_last_forever.htm

 

Mechanical Weathering:

http://www.cgkids.ca/cgkids/files/geeology/experiment21.asp

 

 

Fun ways to study:

 

Geology Jeopardy:

http://www.regentsearthscience.com/jeopardy/erosion/jeopardy.htm

 

Flashcard Game:

http://www.quia.com/fc/20917.html