help with project on water erosion

[Lots of boys]

My boys would like to do a project on water erosion. I was wondering if anyone could recommend any good resources, lapbooks, etc. ?

 

Thanks

[Lori D.]

My boys would like to do a project on water erosion. I was wondering if anyone could recommend any good resources, lapbooks, etc. ?

 

Thanks

 

 

 

Here are some resources for experiments:

 

Weathering and Erosion Experiments

Science Class.Net: Weathering & Erosion, under "Activities & Labs", each of the 12 "Stations" is a simple, easy-to-do experiment

Dirtmeister's Science Lab: Science Lab on Erosion

Dig This! Erosion Investigations

eHow: Soil Erosion Experiments

eHow: Water Erosion Experiments

PBS Nature: Glacial Erosion Activities

 

Look for children's non-fiction books at your library on erosion; some ideas:

Cracking Up (Bailey)

Erosion: Changing Earth's Surface (Koontz)

Early Bird Science: Erosion (Riley)

The Disappearing Mountain and Other Earth Mysteries (Spilsbury)

 

Worksheets, Lapbook Materials

I couldn't find much, but thought you could design your own, based on info from a book or these short little "bites of info" on erosion (from One Geology Kids website), photos of experiments, and maybe including something like this as one element = Marcia's Science Teaching Ideas: Types of Weathering vocabulary cut-and-paste worksheet.

 

Videos:

"Magic School Bus: Rocks and Rolls" (water erosion), season 3, episode 12, which is on this 3-episode DVD

go along hands-on activity

 

Slideshows:

University of Kentucky: Earth & Environmental Sciences: Educational Materials:

Weathering Animation -- flash animation of Weathering (a type of erosion)

Glacier Animation

Shoreline Animation

River Floods

 

Photos/Illustrations:

National Geographic Photo Gallery: Erosion and Weathering

Encyclopedia Britannia for Kids: Types of Erosion