Slide1 : The Earth The Earth’s Surface Changes Slowly OR Quickly Teacher Page
Slide2 : Objective: Describe how wind and water move and change things.
(Strand VI-B5)
Related Vocabulary:
Weathering - the process by which rock becomes soil.
Chemical weathering - such as acid rain
Biological weathering - such as by growing things
Erosion - the movement of weathered materials.
Activity:
1. The students will identify examples of weathering and erosion.
2. The students will differentiate between slow and fast weathering.
3. The students will identify the different causes of erosion.
Process:
1. The teacher will click through each of the slides, reading as she/he does so.
2. Each slide is self-explanatory but the teacher should run through the lesson prior to presenting it to the students.
Related Activity:
Each lesson is followed by a journal activity of some kind.
Slide3 : Okay boys and girls.
I’m your host, Mr. Weather-bee.
Now, let’s play that game that really
moves the earth!
Let’s play . . . OR
FAST EROSION SLOW EROSION
Slide4 : Contestant #1: What is the meaning of the word WEATHERING? Is it when. . .
A. Rock becomes soil
OR when. . .
B. Soil becomes rock ?
Slide5 : Did you choose answer A? You are correct! Let’s move on to our next question.
Slide6 : Contestant #2: What is the meaning of the word EROSION? Does it mean . . .
A. the movement of clouds
OR
B. the movement of weathered materials?
Slide7 : Did you choose answer B? Good for you! You are Great! We have a tie! Let’s go to our tie-breaker questions.
Slide8 : Look at the 2 examples of WEATHERING Chemical Biological Are these slow
or
fast?
Slide9 : If you said that these types of weathering are . . . SLOW WEATHERING THEN, YOU ARE CORRECT! Let’s try that 2nd
tie-breaker question!
Slide10 : EROSION is caused by many things. It can be caused by . . . . Wind Water People Which of these caused the EROSION in the following pictures?
Slide11 : Choose 1 button.
Slide12 : You chose You chose the correct type of cause. EXCELLENT! LET’S MOVE ON! Wind
Slide13 : Choose 1 button.
Slide14 : You chose You did it again!
You are GREAT! Water
Slide15 : JOURNAL: Can you think of some ways that weathering and erosion can be harmful to our earth ?
What are some things that can stop weathering or erosion from happening?
Slide16 : Well contestants, that’s the end of our game! You all did such a GREAT job!
Give yourselves a GREAT
BIG HAND!
Slide17 : This button will take you back to the first slide. Click Here