Unit 1:  Map Skills - Examining the World and the United States

Activity 14: People and the Environment (GLE: 10)

CC: . Divide the class into three teams, each representing one of the following: wind erosion, water erosion, and glacial erosion. Have each team research and explain the impact of the erosion, including the costs and benefits to people and to the environment.

Web Sites:

Erosion

http://teacher.scholastic.com/dirtrep/erosion/invest.htm

Soil Erosion

http://soilerosion.net/doc/background_menu.html

Soil Erosion

http://www2.kenyon.edu/Projects/Farmschool/types/soil.htm

Unitedstreaming videos:

http://www.unitedstreaming.com

Erosion (5:54)

Deposition (1:18)

Farmers-Erosive Forces at Work (3:57)

People (1:05)

Erosive Forces: Wind, Water, Ice, and Air (02:35)

The Desert: A Victim of Wind Erosion (00:48)

 

CC:  Have each team present its findings in a PowerPoint, poster, or newspaper article.

Use PowerPoint for a slideshow, Microsoft Publisher or Word for a newspaper article or students can create an online Project Poster using the 4Teachers website.

http://poster.4teachers.org/

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