Lessons - Breaking it Down - Lesson Activities | Nature 1. Have students log on to the interactive game “Shape It Up!” Explain that this game will challenge them to identify the forces that shape the earth’s surface and the relative speed with which they act. After explaining that “erosion” is generally a process whereby the earth’s surface is worn down, provide students with a FOCUS FOR MEDIA INTERACTION by asking them to determine which of the game’s four earth-shaping forces (wind, water, glacial and volcanic activity) is NOT a force of erosion. Allow students to play the game for approximately 5 minutes-enough time for everyone to have played every scenario in the game. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 1. 2. Divide the class into groups of 4-5 students. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 1. 2. 1. 2. 3. PLAY Clip 1, “Hawaiian Coastal Cliffs” (access the video segments for this lesson at the Video Segments Page). 4. 5. PLAY Clip 2, “Water Erosion” (access the video segments for this lesson at the Video Segments Page). 6. 7. 9. 1. 2. History Chemistry
Sydney Basin - landform | NSW Environment, Energy and Science Topography The Sydney Basin Bioregion lies on the east coast and covers a large part of the catchments of the Hawkesbury-Nepean, Hunter and Shoalhaven river systems. It consists of a geological basin filled with near horizontal sandstones and shales of Permian to Triassic age that overlie older basement rocks of the Lachlan Fold Belt. The sedimentary rocks have been subject to uplift with gentle folding and minor faulting during the formation of the Great Dividing Range. Erosion by coastal streams has created a landscape of deep cliffed gorges and remnant plateaus across which an east-west rainfall gradient and differences in soil control the vegetation of eucalypt forests, woodlands and heaths. Geology and geomorphology The Sydney-Bowen Basin was formed when the earth's crust expanded, subsided and filled with sediment between the late Carboniferous and Triassic. The frontal slope of the Blue Mountains is formed along the Lapstone monocline. Geodiversity Soils Documents to download
Weather Wiz Kids weather information for kids Geology of Sydney Harbour Sydney Harbour is made up of mostly sandstone and shale formed during the Triassic period (about 220 million years ago). These formations were later raised to their present heights by earth movements, starting in the Jurassic p The eastern part of the harbour is predominantly Hawkesbury sandstone. Sandstone is a very hard rock that tends to break away in large blocks leaving the boulders and vertical cliffs that characterises the Sydney coastline. To the west the harbour is predominantly made up of Ashfield Shale. Along some parts of the harbour there are some low lying areas of sand that has been deposited by water (alluvium) running between hills of sandstone.
13 Colonies Trades and Artisans « Cooper Coopers were tradesman who made casks, buckets, barrels, and containers for flour, gunpowder, tobacco, shipping, wine, milk, and other liquids. One kind of container, the hogshead, was used to ship huge quantities of tobacco from the colonies to England. Because the demand for containers was high, colonial coopers made millions of such containers every year. The construction of a barrel (more accurately called a cask) took skill, experience, and significant manual labor. The word cooper comes from the Middle English word “couper,” which means tub or container.
Indigenous Weather Knowledge - Bureau of Meteorology Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have developed an intricate understanding of the environment over many thousands of years. Artist: Laurie Nilsen The artwork used in the design of this website represents the relationships between seasonal, meteorological and astronomical changes - and how the Mandandanji people read these changes to inform life on country. About the Indigenous Weather Knowledge website Learn more about the Indigenous Weather Knowledge (IWK) website and the Bureau of Meteorology's commitment to strengthening respectful and collaborative relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. About the Indigenous Weather Knowledge website Language, culture and environmental knowledge See an overview of the relationships between language, culture and environmental knowledge. Language, culture and environmental knowledge Reconciliation Action Plan Download our RAP
Little Bird Tales - Home Children's Engineering A Note from CEE About K-5 Design Briefs Visitors to our site should be aware that there is more than one way to write K-5 design briefs. Much of what we have learned is through actually working with children in classrooms. Many of the design briefs posted on this page use the following format: Background statement Challenge statement Criteria What can you use? As years went by we made adjustments to the formats we use when writing design briefs. Why did we think a change was important? We now prefer the following format for writing design briefs. Background statement Challenge statement Criteria Materials Tools Keep smiling and keep visiting!
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3rd Grade Thoughts This post is all about yet another reason why I love the teacher blogging world! While browsing on Pinterest all summer, I came across a very cool program: 7 Habits of Happy Kids. I instantly fell in love, especially with the very first habit of "Being Proactive"-- aaah, music to my teacher ears! This program is under the larger umbrella of Leader in Me and was developed my the Coveys (of 7 Habits of Highly Effective People fame). The 7 Habits of Happy Kids are: Be proactiveBegin with the end in mindPut first things firstThink win-winSeek first to understand, then to be understoodSynergizeSharpen the saw Some of these may seem a bit odd at first, but the great thing is that each of them come with a tagline and also countless bullet points and descriptors that help kids (and teachers) address the many aspects of each habit. These are available for FREE on Google Docs. But, of course, the BESTEST of all resources come from teachers in blogland and TpT :)