PPT
Curated OER

Yosemite National Park, California (ESL Lesson)

For Teachers 4th - 9th
A series of photographs from Yosemite National Park in California adorn the slides in this ESL presentation. Though the only text is on the title slide, the pictures provide a good opportunity for your English learners to practice their...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Over and Through Information Sheet

For Students 9th - 12th
Eager earth scientists practice using vocabulary related to landforms and bodies of water. On the first page they categorize the terms and form sentences with them. Then, they test their knowledge with twenty-five multiple-choice...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Incredible Journey

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study salmon and steelhead. They play a game in which they act out the salmon and steelhead journey from their spawning ground, to the open ocean, and then back to the spawning ground again. They identify obstacles these fish...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Go With the Flow

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students experiment with a simulated river bed and examine how erosion takes place faster with a young, fast-moving river than with a slow, older river.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Wonderful Water

For Teachers K
Students identify the various states of water and its natural flow downward. As a class, students take digital pictures of different forms of water and create a multimedia presentation describing their photographs. Groups of students...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fourth Grade: Earth Science: Erosion and Deposition by Flowing Water

For Students 4th - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses how flowing water causes erosion; describes how runoff, streams, and rivers change Earth's surface; and identifies features caused by groundwater erosion.