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Unit: Erosion Weathering Objectives: - S6C1PO9 Identify the earth processes that cause erosion. - S6C1PO10 Describe how currents and wind cause erosion and land changes - S6C1PO11 Describe the role that water plays in the following processes that alter the Earth’s surface features: erosion, deposition, weathering. - S6C1PO12 Compare rapid and slow processes that change the Earth’s surface, including: rapid – earthquakes, volcanoes, floods, slow – wind, weathering. - S6C1PO13 Identify and explain how natural events affect humans. - S6C1PO14 Identify the earth events that cause changes in atmospheric conditions (e.g., volcanic act., forest fires). - S6C1PO15 Analyze evidence that indicates life and environmental conditions have changed (e.g., tree rings, fish fossils in desert regions, ice cores). Main Topics/ Activities: What are the earth processes that cause Erosion? (PO9/PO10/PO11) Initial Activity: BrainPop – Erosion – An animated segment that introduces the way that erosion occurs. /science/earthsystem/erosion/ BrainPop – Weathering- An animated segment that introduces the way that weathering occurs. /science/weather/weathering/ Tradebook: Erosion by Becky Olien/ Class discussion Conduct experiment in the back of the book (p.22): “Make a Sugar Cave”. This will show the students how water and wind cause erosion and land changes. *This experiment must be started the day before because it needs to freeze overnight! Recall the new vocabulary words and start a word bank whole group or individually: erosion, deposition and weathering. Watch Discovery Streaming Video Weathering and Erosion (20 minutes) The surface of the land has undergone many changes over its history. Water, rain, snow, and wind—they all continually shape and form the Earth. Take your students on a journey to discover how physical weathering, chemical weathering, and erosion occur. Learn that the destruc