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Erosion Explorers

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Game Info for Teachers

COMBINED RATING

3.8 Stars

TEACHERS (16)

3.9

STUDENTS (11417)

3.7

LENGTH

10 Minutes

GRADES

CAPABILITIES

iPad Support

Spanish Language Support

Text-to-Speech Support

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Description

Erosion Explorers is a game where you learn what weathering and erosion are and how they work over time. Be ready to learn how nature around us changes with rain, wind, ice and gravitation.

Vocabulary Words

erosion

weathering

elements of weathering (ice

water

wind

gravity

living organisms

water)

delta

sediment

oasis

dunes

Instructions

Play through this interactive game to learn about Weathering and Erosion. Suitable for Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5.

Main Concepts

Weather conditions, such as rainfall, can shape the landforms on Earth through weathering and erosion.

Some agents of weathering include water, ice, wind, gravity, and living organisms.

A delta is a fan-shaped piece of land that forms at the mouth of a river from the deposition of sand and mud.

Sediment is a small piece of weathered rock.

Weathering is the process by which rocks, soil, and sediments are broken down into smaller particles.

Different landforms on Earth include mountains, hills, valleys, canyons, deltas, sand dunes, and plains.

A sand dune forms when sand is eroded by wind and deposited onto another location, producing a hill.

The landforms in a region affect the types of living things that can exist there.

Erosion is the process by which rock, soil, and/or sediments are transported from one location to another.

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

What is weathering? What is erosion? What is the difference between them?

After the Game

What are four examples of elements of weathering? How does a delta form? What happens as water freezes in the cracks of a rock? What causes fast weathering and what causes slow weathering? How is weathering related to erosion? What are two parts of the desert landscape that are affected by wind and weather? How do living things help to change the formation of rock?