Earth's Systems Resources by Millerton Lake State Recreation Area

River Systems and Fluvial Landforms

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Beautiful graphics from NPS depicting landforms created by flowing water of rivers.

Sediment Sorting Lab

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Lesson demonstrating the geologic process of sediment sorting.

Landforms: Basin

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Nat Geo article on different basins and how they form.

Continental Drift Evidence Lesson Plan

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Students build puzzle using fossils as evidence for continental drift, step in the development in plate tectonics theory.

RISD Nature Lab

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3D models of fossils, rocks, animals and more.

Mystery Science Lesson: Why is there sand at the beach?

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Students investigate the effects of rocks tumbling in a river. Based on their observations, they construct an explanation for why there is sand at a beach. In the activity, Rocking the River, students pretend to be a river and tear up pieces of construction paper to model what happens to rocks as they travel along the river.

NPS: Convergent Boundaries Subduction Zones

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An in depth (advanced) look at convergent plate boundaries along western North America.

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Mediterranean Climates Explained

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Weather/Climate: El Nino and La Nina Explained

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