Download The Earth

The Earth
The Earth’s
Surface Changes
Slowly OR Quickly
Teacher Page
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.
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 . . .
SLOW EROSION
OR
FAST EROSION
Contestant #1: What is the meaning of the word
WEATHERING?
Is it when. . .
A. Rock becomes soil
OR when. . .
B. Soil becomes rock ?
Did you choose answer A?
You are correct!
Let’s move on to our next
question.
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?
Did you choose answer B?
Good for you! You are Great!
We have a tie! Let’s go
to our tie-breaker
questions.
Look at the 2 examples of WEATHERING
Biological
Chemical
Are these slow
or
fast?
If you said that these types of weathering are . . .
SLOW
WEATHERING
THEN, YOU ARE CORRECT!
Let’s try that 2nd
tie-breaker question!
EROSION is caused by many things. It can be
caused by . . . .
Wind
Water
Which of these caused
the EROSION in the
following pictures?
People
Choose 1 button.
You chose
You chose the
correct type of
cause.
Wind
EXCELLENT! LET’S MOVE ON!
Choose 1 button.
You chose
You did it again!
You are GREAT!
Water
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?
Well contestants, that’s the end of our game!
You all did such a GREAT job!
Give yourselves a GREAT
BIG HAND!
Click Here
This button will take you back to the first slide.