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Classroom Activities:
Home Elementary Middle School High School
Erosion and Prediction of a Photograph
Lesson Overview
| Overview: | Students will view environmental photographs and be able to describe the erosion taking place and predict what will happen next. |
| Grade Range: | 6-8 |
| Objective: | After completing this activity students will be able to:
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| Time Required: | One class period of 45 minutes. |
| Discipline/Subject: | Scicence |
| Topic/Subject: | Environment, Conservation |
| Era: | Rise of Industrial America, 1876-1900, Great Depression/World War II, 1929-1945 |
Standards
Illinois Learning Standards:
Common Core Standards:
CC.6.R.I.3: Key ideas and details
CC.6.R.I.7: Integration of knowledge and ideas
Materials
| Analysis Tools: | Environmental Photographs: Erosion and Prediction Sheet (available on PDF) |
| PowerPoint Slides: | Available on PDF |
| Library of Congress Items: | Eroding clay bluff, Clay Bluff, Illinois |
| Contrast between eroded and tree covered areas, Wisconsin | |
| Exposure to Cincinnati limestone and shale, Richmond, Indiana | |
| Online Resources: | Library of Congress American Memory, American Environmental Photograph Collection |
| Other: | iPad |
Procedures
| 1. Use a Power Point slide to review what erosion is and what it means to make a prediction. | Power Point |
| 2. Pass out the Environmental Photographs: Erosion and Prediction Sheet | Analysis Tools |
| 3. Read through the worksheet with the students to familiarize them with the questions | Analysis Tools |
| 4. Project the "Eroding clay bluff" and "Contrast between eroded and tree covered area" pictures on the Power Point and pass the Exposure of Cincinnati limestone and shale, Richmond, Indiana" picture around on the iPad. | Library of Congress Items Power Point iPad |
| 5. Students will analyze the pictures with the Environmental Photographs worksheet and answer the questions. | Analysis Tools |
| 6. Teacher will answer questions students might have and collect the Environmental Photographs worksheet. |
Evaluation
Teacher assessment of hte Environmental Photographs: Erosion and Prediction Sheet. Verbally evaluate students in class through discussion.
