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Erosion

BrainPOP: Erosion

Glossary: Erosion

Click to Launch.
Drop down to the letter E under Pick the Letter.
Click on Erosion.

Factors: movie

Landforms

Glossary: Hill

Glossary: Landforms

BrainPOP: Mountains

People

Factors: movie

Weathering

Factors: movie

BrainPOP: Weathering

Experiments

Wind and Water

Rock: Once in BrainPOP click on the Experiment with Bob, the ex-Lab Rat.

Books (Guided Reading)

Going Up the Mountain by David Tunkin

Land Words by Susan Brocker

Hills and Mountains by Sabrina Crewe

Erosion: how land forms, how it changes by Darlene R. Stille

Resources Key

Challenging

Grade Level

Everyone

Local Print and Nonprint Resources

School Library holdings
- Automated Card Catalog
Public Library holdings
- BCPL Kid's Catalog
Print Encyclopedias
CD-ROM Encyclopedias
Online Encyclopedias
- America the Beautiful

Skills

Using Books and Nonprint ... how to use automated catalogs and preview materials for usefulness.
Keyword Search Strategies
Using the BCPL Online Catalog
Using Online Encyclopedias ...See help section on each encyclopedia website

Resources

Information Literacy Skills:
Reference sheets and lessons for using resources effectively

Click icon to access the database portal. No passwords are needed when using computers at school. See your library media specialist for login and passwords when using databases at home.

Especially helpful for your search may be SIRS Knowledge Source, and SIRS Web Select.
SIRS Discoverer has a special section with social issues. Check the right side of the page for a list of topics.
If your topic is controversial and goes beyond your community, try Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center.

Locate information from authoritative and reliable resources using the following search terms:

use terms generated from the class brainstorming session
service learning
hybrid cars
ozone depletion
greenhouse effect
homelessness
homeless shelters
poverty
food drives
animal rights
environmental impact of development
habitat preservation

Also, use the HELP portal for each database to learn more about effective search strategies.

Created by Nancy Lysakovski and Gee Gee Pfeffer

Last update: August 2009

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