Showing posts with label weathering. Show all posts
Showing posts with label weathering. Show all posts
Saturday, October 1, 2016

Choose Your Own Adventure: Rock Cycle

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Choose Your Own Adventure Style: Rock Cycle Wheel ( free download ) Students find images or draw pictures on their wheel. They fasten th...
Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Cookie Rocks and Mining

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2 activities, Science and Economics: 1. Cookie Rocks - This experiment is inspired by Kinderpond's "C is for Cookie."...
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Play Doh Rock Cycle

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Demonstrate the rock cycle with play doh! Visit East Tennessee Wildflowers   (featured below)  for instructions (scroll down), as well as ot...
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Thursday, October 25, 2012

Geology Chef

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Cook up some SWEET rocks in the Geology Kitchen ! For more rock cooking classes click here ! Also, check out the SWEET Rock Lab by   ...
Sunday, September 9, 2012

Rocks and Weathering

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screenshot of BBC Rocks and Weathering BBC's Rocks and Weathering: cool, interactive, animated site, that I discovered over at one o...
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Saturday, June 30, 2012

Rock On: Geology Around Us

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Red Rock Canyon NCA Environmental Education Program   has an awesome rock scavenger hunt! I adapted their version to use in a school, p...
Monday, June 4, 2012

Math In The Pavement

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While learning about weathering, do a little math! I did Exploratorium's Pattern of Cracks activity and kids had a blast with it! Take...
Sunday, May 27, 2012

What Can You Do With A Slinky?

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photo via   yoyo.com MATH 1. Estimate - How many coils does a slinky have? How long is a slinky when stretched? How many steps will...
Monday, April 23, 2012

Cave Pillar Experiment

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While studying rocks and minerals and learning about weathering / deposition, build your very own stalactite ! Kids see the formation of  ...
Sunday, March 4, 2012

Volcanic Slime

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Combine the classic volcano experiment with gak to create exploding, sensorial fun! Kids can play with the gooey lava after the volcanic eru...
Monday, February 6, 2012

SWEET Rock Lab!

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photo via to the square inch To the Square Inch came up with a geology lab for kids to construct candy models of rocks!   Rock Recip...
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Mechanical and Chemical Weathering

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Mechanical Weathering Experiment  via   Mini Me Geology materials: Plastic Wrap Clay Water 1. Moisten the clay with a littl...
Friday, January 20, 2012

Lego Weathering: Erosion / Deposition

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Beakers and Bumblebees   made up an awesome, active lego relay race that reinforces the weathering process! 1. First, 2 teams build a leg...
Sunday, January 15, 2012

River Erosion Lab

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How does the flow of water effect land? Does the slope of the land make an impact on erosion?  Try this experiment from Science Matters...

Soap Erosion

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via science matters Science Matters   placed  a bar of soap on a sponge and let it sit in the sink to demonstrate erosion. Click the l...

Crayon Rock Cycle

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Featured Above: Flying Fox Academy conducted a really cool experiment to show "how the same minerals can be changed into different ...
Sunday, January 8, 2012

Erosion Science Lab

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photo via National Resources Conservation Center " How does rain shape the Earth? "  Have kids examine natural soil with ...
Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Gumdrop Earthquake

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Mr. Hansen's 7th grade Science class demonstrated  "the effects of earthquakes on  engineered  structures." See who ...
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