Erosion and Deposition

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    Students investigate the destructive forces of wind, wave and water on landforms as they decide where to build homes. Stream tables and topographic maps are used to study river action and deposition of sediments, and landform contours. Students gather evidence on where to build homes throughout the unit and present their findings for a culminating activity. Students learn about the forever changing land and analyze a landform's stability.

    Students will be able to..

    • Define a problem about how erosion can negatively affect a landform, and design a solution to prevent it.
    • Use a model to explain how water ice/wind can erode and weather. 
    • Plan and carry out an investigation testing different methods of erosion prevention.
    • Use data to design a solution for determining a better building site taking into consideration weather, topography and the earth material. 
    • Use mathematics to measure rate of erosion or topography of a region based on a topographical map. 
    • Construct explanations for why one type of rock weathers differently from another. 
    • Engage in argument from evidence supporting why one building site is preferred over another. 
    • Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about a particular area’s geology/erosion/topography and the impact it has on the organisms that live there. 

    Vocabulary

    opaque, transparent, translucent, colorless, observation, inference, landform, marsh, wetlands, topography, topographical map, stability, destructive processes, constructive processes , weathering, erosion, erode, flood plains, deposition, model, contour interval, contour line, scale, delta, river channel, sediments, ecologist, engineer, geologist, controlled variable, tested variable, uncontrolled variable, breakwater, longshore current, seawall, jetty

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