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	Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School
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Earth Science Glossary

	Type: Glossary
	Summary: Non-technical glossary terms for geology, weather, oceanographic, and atmospheric sciences.
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GeoMan's Glossary of Earth Science Terms

	Type: Glossary
	Summary: A non-technical collection of geology terms.
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Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms

	Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary
	Type: Glossary
	Summary: This glossary continues to expand. The glossary is based upon that found in the Earth: An Introduction to Geologic Change.
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Can you recommend any on-line activities/web pages/web quests dealing with water erosion for 4th and 5th grade students?
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	I Googled for "erosion +webquest" and found the following. The first is from the Illinois State Museum: Weathering and Erosion (5th/6th grade) http://geologyonline.museum.state.il.us/tools/lessons/6.3/lesson.html Bowen Earth Force Scientists: A Webquest for 4th Grade http://www.newton.mec.edu/bowen/pages/classroom_projects/richmond_pages/richmondwebsite/our%20webquest.html Avoiding the Disasters of Erosion: A Webquest for 4th Grade Science http://literacy.calumet.purdue.edu/STUDENT/linnearm1/ Weathering and Erosion Webquest http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/sdickson/webquest.html Billy the Builder: Water Cycle, Erosion, and the Edwards Aquifer http://www.atstar.org/webquests/leonard/ The Shell Island Dilemma: Costal Erosion Webquest http://www.ncsu.edu/coast/shell/index.html Barrier Islands: To Build or Not to Build http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/webquest/content/barrierisland.shtml Erosion Simulation http://www.blackcatracing.com/runoff/ In addition, you might find the following helpful. I searched the National Science Digital Library (http://nsdl.org) to locate most of these. Soil AgMag from the Illinois Department of Agriculture http://www.agintheclassroom.org/060605/Teachers/Printable/agmags/agmag22_2.pdf Includes a short discussion of how plants help prevent soil erosion. Erosion http://www.col-ed.org/cur/sci/sci03.txt Activities for grades K-4. Soil erosion http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/visualization/collections/soil_erosion.html Includes animation and pictures. River Boxes: Erosion in a Box http://www.nps.gov/badl/teacher/riverboxes.htm For grades 1-3. Dirtmeisters Investigate and Report on Erosion http://teacher.scholastic.com/dirtrep/erosion/index.htm Each student is asked to observe and describe one way that erosion has an impact in his or her neighborhood or local area. Using the questions listed on the assignment sheet, students should describe in detail where the erosion is happening; what agent (wind, water, ice, etc.) is causing it; where the eroded material is going to; how the erosion might be reduced; and where else similar erosion problems occur. For grades 3-6.