Geology: Surface processes

For nearly five billion years, the Earth’s surface has been constantly built up and broken down by processes taking place beneath and above the Earth’s surface, resulting in the wide range of beautiful and complex landscapes we see today. In this unit, students will continue to make connections between the Earth’s systems when they study interactions between the lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere by investigating the rock cycle, water cycle, and processes of erosion such as wind, wave action, and mass movement.

This unit includes a performance task, Regents-aligned questions, and is organized into inquiry-based 5E model plans. It is part of the New Visions Earth Science Curriculum.
Scope and sequence connection: Earth Science: Geology: Surface processes.

Mountains are gradually broken down by water and wind in the processes of weathering and erosion. In real life this continues for thousands or millions of years. In these activities you will simulate some of the processes over a much shorter time period in the laboratory. Shared by the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Scope and sequence connection: Earth Science: Geology: Surface processes.
Performance standard: 2.1r, 2.1s, 2.1t, 2.1u, 2.1v, 2.1w.

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Scope and sequence connection: Earth Science: Geology.
Performance standard: 2.1j-2.1p.