Sharing the Planet
An inquiry into rights and responsibilities in the struggle to share finite resources with other people and with other living things; communities and the relationships within and between them; access to equal opportunities; peace and conflict resolution.
Useful Websites:
Causes and effects of erosion:
The effects of things like wind, water, volcano, and glaciers have on the Earth and also guess how long it took for each event to happen.
http://sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/shapeitup.html
Plate Tectonic Research Page with simple game:
This website is a good place for students to research the different types of movement that occur at tectonic plate boundaries. It also gives some overall information about plate tectonics. The game would help students with their general knowledge about the continents on the world map as most of the names are directly linked to the major tectonic plates.
http://www.learner.org/interactives/dynamicearth/index.html
Erosion/Weathing Games: http://www.wartgames.com/themes/science/erosion.html
These are fun and information games on weathering and erosion.
How Stuff Works: http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geology/landslide2.htm
Kids always ask about landslides when we talk about weathering and erosion. This site will put scientific information in that context.
Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: http://beyondpenguins.ehe.osu.edu/issue/earths-changing-surface/common-misconceptions-about-weathering-erosion-volcanoes-and-earthquakes
This site does what it says; it clears up misconceptions kids may have about weathering and erosion.
National Geographic: http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/photos/weathering-erosion-gallery/
This is a great photo gallery for students to view pictures of landforms that have been weathered or eroded.
One Geology Kids: http://www.onegeology.org/extra/kids/earthprocesses/weathering.html
This is a wonderful site for background information on weathering and erosion.
Causes and effects of erosion:
The effects of things like wind, water, volcano, and glaciers have on the Earth and also guess how long it took for each event to happen.
http://sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/shapeitup.html
Plate Tectonic Research Page with simple game:
This website is a good place for students to research the different types of movement that occur at tectonic plate boundaries. It also gives some overall information about plate tectonics. The game would help students with their general knowledge about the continents on the world map as most of the names are directly linked to the major tectonic plates.
http://www.learner.org/interactives/dynamicearth/index.html
Erosion/Weathing Games: http://www.wartgames.com/themes/science/erosion.html
These are fun and information games on weathering and erosion.
How Stuff Works: http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geology/landslide2.htm
Kids always ask about landslides when we talk about weathering and erosion. This site will put scientific information in that context.
Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: http://beyondpenguins.ehe.osu.edu/issue/earths-changing-surface/common-misconceptions-about-weathering-erosion-volcanoes-and-earthquakes
This site does what it says; it clears up misconceptions kids may have about weathering and erosion.
National Geographic: http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/photos/weathering-erosion-gallery/
This is a great photo gallery for students to view pictures of landforms that have been weathered or eroded.
One Geology Kids: http://www.onegeology.org/extra/kids/earthprocesses/weathering.html
This is a wonderful site for background information on weathering and erosion.