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Grade 4 Earth and Space Science Topic: Earth’s Surface Content: The surface of Earth changes due to weathering.

Lesson Plans: Landforms in a Tub – ORC Smoothing Out the Rough Spots - ORC Weathering - ORC

Simulations: Create a world out of sand building mountains all the way down to the ocean. Add ice cubes for glaciers, a watering can for rain and a hair drier for wind. Have student’s record changes that they can see. – This is from Landforms in a Tub - ORC Just Passing Through - Project Wet A Water Race – Wetlands book

Websites/ORC sites: [] - ORC 4953 [] - ORC 4960  [] - ORC 5253

Literature: The Rock Factory: The Story About the Rock Cycle – Jacqui Bailey Rocks: Hard, Soft, Smooth, and Rough – Natalie Rosinsky The Disappearing Mountain and Other Earth Mysteries: Erosion and Weathering - Richard Spilsbury - The Sun, The Wind and the Rain – By Lisa W Peters Text References: Wetlands – Pamela Hickman

Related Vocabulary Words: abrasion mechanical weathering chemical weathering biological weathering

Grade 4 Earth and Space Science Topic: Earth’s Surface Content: The surface of Earth Changes due to Erosion and deposition.

Lesson Plans:
 * Blowing and Flowing - This is a lesson from the ORC Website that has students create, observe, and collect data on erosion chambers.
 * Dirtmeister Science Reporters: Erosion – ORC
 * Landslides in Ohio

Simulations: Set a Sediment Trap – Wetlands book Create a downhill set up made of sand. Allow water to flow down it and record the data of how the water moves down the hill and where it moves the sand.

Websites/ORC Sites: [] - ORC# 4942 [] - ORC 9171 [] - ORC 511

Literature: __The Big Rivers__ by Bruce Hiscock Grand Canyon – A Trail Through Time - Linda Vieira Weathering and Erosion: Wearing Down Rocks – Steven Hoffman Erosion: Changing Earth's Surface - Robin Koontz

Text References: Wetlands – Pamela Hickman

Related Vocabulary Words: Sediment wind erosion;

water erosion;

erosion;

vegetation;

ground cover;

deposition;

weathering