Geology Project Websites and Rubric

Please use the websites below to inform your inquiry project.  Please make sure to cite your sources.😁

Project Rubric


What is Mechanical Weathering?
http://www.geography4kids.com/files/land_weathering.html

https://www.eartheclipse.com/geology/mechanical-weathering-definition-process-types-examples.html

What is Chemical Weathering?
http://www.geography4kids.com/files/land_weathering.html

https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/ks3/gsl/education/resources/rockcycle/page3564.html

What is Water Erosion?

https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs142p2_051599.pdf

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/erosion/

Where does rain water go?

https://www.3riverswetweather.org/sites/default/files/Downspout%20Disconnection%20Brochure.pdf

https://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school/science/runoff-surface-and-overland-water-runoff?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects

What are flood plains and deltas?

http://www.scienceclarified.com/landforms/Faults-to-Mountains/Floodplain.html

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/flood-plain/

http://www.onegeology.org/extra/kids/earthprocesses/deltas.html

How do glaciers change the surface of the earth?

https://nsidc.org/cryosphere/glaciers/questions/land.html

https://sciencing.com/do-glaciers-change-landscape-5127306.html

How does wind change earth’s surface?

https://mspoirier115.edublogs.org/files/2015/05/Geology-Ch-3-2ezl2fu.pdf

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/High_School_Earth_Science/Wind_Erosion_and_Deposition

How do waves change earth’s surface?

https://www.ck12.org/earth-science/landforms-from-wave-erosion-and-deposition/lesson/Landforms-from-Wave-Erosion-and-Deposition-HS-ES/

https://www.classzone.com/science_book/mls_grade7_FL/274_279.pdf

How are fold mountains formed?

http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/topics/foldmountain.html

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/fold-mountain/

What are earthquakes and block mountains?

https://www.universetoday.com/29823/fault-block-mountains/

https://www.ducksters.com/science/earthquakes.php

https://www.usgs.gov/natural-hazards/earthquake-hazards/science/science-earthquakes?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects

What are volcanic mountains?

https://www.universetoday.com/29836/volcanic-mountain/

https://study.com/academy/lesson/volcanic-mountains-lesson-for-kids-definition-facts.html

What are domed mountains?

https://www.universetoday.com/29827/dome-mountains/

https://geology.utah.gov/map-pub/survey-notes/teachers-corner/teachers-corner-geological-features-and-processes-in-utah-dome-mountains/

How do we use fossil remains to prove theories?

https://sciencing.com/importance-fossils-2470.html

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/fossil/

What are the different kinds of fossils?

https://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/dinofossils/Fossiltypes.html

https://sciencing.com/five-different-types-fossils-7152282.html

What are changed and unchanged remains?

https://sciencing.com/definition-preserved-fossil-8778719.html

https://www.msnucleus.org/membership/html/k-6/rc/pastlife/5/rcpl5_2a.html

What are fossil fuels?

https://www.studentenergy.org/topics/fossil-fuels

https://www.britannica.com/science/fossil-fuel

How do we know the age of fossils and rocks?

https://www.fossilera.com/pages/dating-fossils

https://www.americangeosciences.org/education/k5geosource/content/fossils/how-can-we-tell-how-old-rocks-are

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/ages.html