Earth's+Features+&+Resources

=**What we aim to learn about the** Earth's Features and Resources: =

__**EROSION & WEATHERING:**__ __**INTERACTION OF WATER WITH EARTH MATERIALS:**__
 * 1) Identify the processes of physical weathering that break down rocks at Earth's surface
 * 2) Distinguish between weathering and erosion
 * 3) Investigate local landforms and how wind, water, or ice have shaped and reshaped them
 * 1) Conduct investigations and use observational data to describe how water moves rocks and soils
 * 2) Examine materials that compose soil and describe these on the basis of their properties
 * __SOILS:__**
 * 1) Compare soil samples by sorting them according to properties
 * 2) Conduct simple tests to identify the three basic components of soil
 * 3) Test soils and compare/ contrast properties
 * 4) Explain and give examples of ways in which soil is formed
 * __ROCKS AND MINERALS:__**
 * 1) Describe, compare, and sort rocks, soils, and minerals by similar or different physical properties
 * 2) Use the physical properties of hardness, color, luster, and reaction to vinegar, to identify common minerals
 * 3) Identify the importance of minerals, ores, and fossil fuels as Earth's resources on the basis of their properties
 * __USES OF EARTH'S MATERIALS:__**
 * 1) __I__dentify different uses of Earth's materials based on their properties
 * 2) Identify Earth's materials that are used as fuel, and other ways that humans use these materials to meet needs and wants
 * 3) Determine and support explanations of the uses of Earth's materials


 * Essential Questions:**
 * 1) How do scientists learn/ know?
 * 2) Why is it important to learn about how our earth changes?
 * 3) Will the physical earth we live in today be the same earth we live in _ years?

CLICK ON THE LINKS TO LEARN MORE:

Power Kids Earth & Space Science --Go to this website for great information

//Everybody Needs A Rock// by Byrd Baylor! Watch this video before finding your pet rock! media type="youtube" key="POq03wEh4eU" height="251" width="448"
 * Rocks & Minerals:**

Geology for Kids! --Here you can learn about rocks, minerals, and landforms from pictures, words, and songs!


 * Soil:**

--Visit this website for songs, pictures, and short descriptions of soil for kids!
 * Geology for Kids!**

Types of Soil Explained media type="youtube" key="uS7zfeK4OTQ" height="315" width="560"

What is soil? Song about soil! Can you learn it? Can you sing it? media type="youtube" key="fAbsHR7b33w" height="315" width="560"

Erosion and Weathering Information & Activities Page