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Subject Area: Science | Grade Level: 3
Lesson Length: 15 minutes or less
Keywords/Tags: soil, types of soils, sand, clay, loam
Lesson Description: Types of Soils and their Attributes

  • Other S3E1c. Make observations of the local environment to construct an explanation of how water and/orrnwind have made changes to soil and/or rocks over time.
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Reading : Learning Target and Vocabulary
Instructions: Please read your learning target and your key vocabulary for the day before you begin watching the video lesson.

Leaing Target and Vocabulary 

 

● I can construct an explanation of how water and wind have made changes to soil over

time.

● I can construct an explanation of how water and wind have made changes to rocks over

Time.

Weathering is the act of wind or water breaking down the rock
Ice can be a cause of weathering. Water seeping into cracks of rock, freezing & expanding causing the rock to crack. 
Erosion is the act of wind/water carrying the broken down sediment to another place. 

Video : What is the Difference Between Weathering and Erosion?
Instructions: Please watch the following video as many times as needed before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of the video is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this video content.
Quiz : Weathering and Erosion
Instructions: Please complete this quiz by choosing the correct answer for each question. You can take this quiz as many times needed.
Question #1
The movement of weathered rock from one place to another is called weathering. 
Question #2
The slow breaking apart or wearing away of rock into smaller pieces is called weathering.
Question #3

A tree is growing in a rock on the side of a mountain causing the rock to crack and break. What is this an example of?

Question #4
Give 2 examples of weathering. 
Question #5
Give 2 examples of erosion.
Resources : Want to Learn More?
Instructions: Please see additional external resources below. Feel free visit each link to learn more about this lesson.
Weathering and Erosion Experiement
Watch the video and review the difference between the two!
Make Your Own Erosion
Learn how to make your own soil erosion!
Providence Canyon in Georgia
Check out the Providence Canyon in Georgia that has formed by soil erosion due to poor farming practices long ago!