In this lesson, students discover the impact that flooding has on people's lives, and how science and technology can mitigate its effects and help find potential solutions. Working in teams, students design and build a model of a flood-proof home for their family on the fictitious isalnd of Watu. They will consider how flooding affects the whole community and work out where the best place for a home would be.

Students understand the impact of higher tides based on sea level rise on coastal areas, develop a plan to mitigate the impact of higher tides, and discuss how students can apply their plans to coastal communities.

In this lesson, students use ImageJ to create a 3D representation of a digital elevation model, then calibrate the image from known elevations. Using a slightly altered version of the digital elevation model (DEM), students compare what the elevation of the glacier might look like 100 years from now and explore how a DEM can be used to analyze changes in elevations over time.

In this activity, students will demonstrate how materials can naturally sort based on their density.

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In this activity, students will produce a vertical profile of a stream and be able to map it. They will also measure flow velocity differences across a stream transect and equate flow velocity with size of substrate sediment collected. Then they will quantify discharge values for a stream.

Students will investigate how different soils have different capacities for retaining rainwater. They will also explain how and why a river can flood in a particular area.

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Students use a stream table set at various inclinations to investigate how flowing water changes landforms. Then they will choose three Martian landforms that seem to have been shaped or created by flowing surface water and discuss how they might have formed. Finally, students examine images of Mars to see if there are any features suggesting the presence of flowing water at one time or another.

In this activity, students construct a coastal landmass from sand and add features such as tidal creeks and barrier islands. Students then add varying amounts of water to observe the effects of storm surge on coastal land masses.

In this lesson, students will use sand to build a mountain and then use a straw and watering can to simulate wind erosion and water erosion. Students will make observations and then propose ways to slow the erosion and/or speed the erosion. Students will be able to relate the erosion processes to weathering and sediment deposition.

Students will identify different landforms and explain how they are formed and change with time, understand the role climate plays in shaping landforms, and determine how human actions affect local or regional geography.

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In this lesson students will investigate the physical properties of matter, learn 4 important physical properties of soil commonly tested in agriculture production and rediscover the 3 components of soil used for the USDA soil classification system.

Students investigate how temperature and surface area affect the rate of chemical weathering.

This video shows the development of Myrtle Beach's coast, through human impact of land use changes, and the problems associated with weathering/erosion.

In this virtual resource, students will investigate the lithosphere, focusing specifically on conservation practices to improve soil quality. They will evaluate their school grounds, and sketch a plan to improve the soil health in their space.

The wakelet site features videos demonstrating hands-on activities for students to complete at school in small, socially-distanced settings. Activities may also be adapted for at-home learning. Some activities incorporate an outdoor component, acknowledging the need to balance screen time with green time to support mental health. Tips for taking your students outside can be found here: https://education.eol.org/cnc_materials/TipsForTeachingOutside.pdf