Erosion, Weathering, and Deposition, OH MY!

Today we had a fun filled morning with science!  To learn about erosion, weathering, and deposition we did a few hands on experiments and activities.  First the students built landforms with unifix cubes.  (Legos I suppose would be better, however I just used what I had on hand.)  :)  Next they pulled apart a piece of the landform (weathering), brought it to a different location (erosion), then started building a new landform (deposition)!  Such a simple and concrete way to understand three big science words.

Then it was time for experiments!  I wish I snapped photos to share but I was wrist deep in sand and water, it totally slipped my mind!  Anyhow, click here to see the video where I got all the great ideas and you can take a look at the experiments we did today.  I was so glad they all turned out just like the examples. Success!  My little geologists are such deep, critical, thinkers!

click here and here for two awesome songs we love to sing about rocks.  Thank you to the teacher who created such engaging and educational songs.  We love them!

Also, here is a video I was planning to show today, however the internet was down... Flexibility should be a teacher's middle name! Ha!  Now it will be a great review for tomorrow. :)

Geology is Rockin' in Second Grade!