Determine how physical processes shape the United States' features and patterns (i.e., erosion, volcanoes, plate tectonics, and flooding). 4.3.5

Links verified 7/4/2013

1. An animation showing the formation of an unconformity - This animation shows the formation of an angular unconformity. The final result allows you to infer the sequence of the rocks' formation. [produced by Jennifer Loomis, TERC]
2. Break it Down - from Geography4Kids
3. Demonstrating Plate Tectonics with a Box - demonstrates divergent and convergent plate boundaries
4. Erosion and Sedimentation - posted by the University of Arizona [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
5. Erosion and Sedimentation Control - overview of methods used by North Carolina Department of Transportation, Roadside Environmental Unit
6. Erosion: Sediment Control - identifies several problem areas which might give your students ideas on things to investigate
7. Factors that contribute to rock weathering
8. How the Plates Move - a lesson from Volcano World
9. Landforms in the Continental United States - high quality transparency master
10. Moving Rock - a 26 slide PowerPoint show
11. Observe the break up of Pangaea - This animation shows how the locations of continents and islands have changed over the past 150 million years.
12. Science Odyssey: You Try It: Plate Tectonics - A hands-on exercise about plate tectonics and earthquakes from PBS. (requires Shockwave plug-in)
13. Sediments on the Move - part of a four step lesson on sediments and deposition
14. Soil Erosion - a ten-question multiple choice quiz
15. The Stages of a River - high quality transparency master
16. Weathering and Erosion - suggestions for lab activities investigating erosion - Twelve handouts are available to print and use with the lab above - look in the Activities and Labs section
17. Weathering and Soil - a twenty-question multiple choice quiz
18. Weathering of Rocks - complete and extensive information about factors related to rocks breaking down

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