2. The Earth The Earth’s Surface Changes Slowly OR Quickly Teacher Page

3. 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.

4. 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... OR FAST EROSION SLOW EROSION

5. Contestant #1: What is the meaning of the word WEATHERING? Is it when... A. Rock becomes soil OR when... B. Soil becomes rock ?

6. Did you choose answer A? You are correct! Let’s move on to our next question.

7. 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?

8. Did you choose answer B? Good for you! You are Great! We have a tie! Let’s go to our tie-breaker questions.

9. Look at the 2 examples of WEATHERING Chemical Biological Are these slow or fast?

10. If you said that these types of weathering are... SLOW WEATHERING THEN, YOU ARE CORRECT! Let’s try that 2nd tie-breaker question!

11. EROSION is caused by many things. It can be caused by.... Wind Water People Which of these caused the EROSION in the following pictures?

12. Choose 1 button.

13. You chose You chose the correct type of cause. EXCELLENT! LET’S MOVE ON! Wind

14. Choose 1 button.

15. You chose You did it again! You are GREAT! Water

16. 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?

17. Well contestants, that’s the end of our game! You all did such a GREAT job! Give yourselves a GREAT BIG HAND!

18. This button will take you back to the first slide. Click Here