Format
1. Introduction, Program Overview
2. Weathering…what is it?
3. Two types of weathering (Physical and Chemical)
4. Each type will be explored with students through experimentation and discussion
5. Review of concepts
6. Game Time! ($10,000 Pyramid)
7. Wrap up!
Objectives
As a result of this interactive lesson, students will:
1. Describe how wind, water and ice shape and reshape Earth's land surface by eroding rock and soil in some areas and depositing them in other areas producing characteristic landforms.
2. Identify and describe how freezing, thawing and plant growth reshape the land surface by causing the weathering of rock.
3. Describe evidence of changes on Earth's surface in terms of slow processes
Standards Alignment
National Standards
NS.K-4.4 Earth And Space Science
As a result of their activities in grades K-4, all students should develop an understanding of
• Properties of earth materials
• Objects in the sky
• Changes in earth and sky
State Standards
Ohio Educational Standards and Grade level Indicators:
Grade 4,5
Language Arts:
Reading: Acquisition of Vocabulary
1.Define the meaning of unknown words by context clues and the author’s use of definition, restatement and example.
Writing: Communications: Oral and Visual1. Demonstrate active listening strategies.
2.Summarize the main idea and draw conclusions from presentations and visual media.
3.Interpret the speaker’s purpose in presentations/visual media (to inform, to entertain, to persuade).
Language Arts:
Writing: Communications: Oral and Visual
1.Apply active listening strategies (monitoring message for clarity, selecting and organizing essential information, noting cues such as changes in pace).
Science: Earth Science Standard
Grade 4
8. Describe how wind, water and ice shape and reshape Earth's land surface by eroding rock and soil in some areas and depositing them in other areas producing characteristic landforms (e.g., dunes, deltas, glacial moraines).
9. Identify and describe how freezing, thawing and plant growth reshape the land surface by causing the weathering of rock.
10. Describe evidence of changes on Earth's surface in terms of slow processes (e.g., erosion, weathering, mountain building, deposition)