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Unit 4 Landscape Processes

Major Topics and Objectives 
4A. WEATHERING AND SOILS
Lesson 4A:  Overview the most recent events shaping the early Champlain Valley (first 5 minutes)
Lesson 4A-1:  Introduction to Soils
Lesson 4A-2:  Soil Texture Diagram (Ternary Diagram)
Lesson 4A-3:  Weathering and Soils
Lesson 4A-4: Weathering as a CO2 Sink

4B. EROSION, DEPOSITION, AND SORTING
Lesson 4B1-4B2   Introduction to  Erosion, Deposition, and Sorting
Lesson 4B3  River Erosion, Deposition, and Sorting
Lesson 4B4  Glacial Eosion
Lesson 4B5  Mass Movements
Lesson 4B6  Howe Caverns - National Geographic

4C. POROSITY, PERMEABILITY, CAPILLARITY
Lesson 4C-1  Porosity, Permeability, and Capillarity
Lesson 4C-2  Porosity, Permeability, and Capillarity

4D. LANDSCAPES
Lesson 4D-1  Landscapes - 1
Lesson 4D-2  Landscapes - 2

Unit 4 Landscape Development Links:
Weathering and Soils
Erosion, Deposition, and Sorting
Porosity, Permeability, Capillarity
Landscapes
Extreme Ice Survey

Laboratory Investigations
Laboratory 4-1 Soils (NGLS)
[Laboratory 4-1 Rock Abrasion (alternative lab)]

Laboratory 4-2 Chemical Weathering (NGLS)
[Laboratory 4-2 Weathering Rates and Particle Size (alternative lab)]

Laboratory 4-3 Erosion (NGLS)
Laboratory 4-4 Sedimentary Structures (NGLS)
[Laboratory 4-4 Settling Time(alternative lab)]

Laboratory 4-5 Discovering Erosional Agents (NGLS)

Laboratory 4-6 Porosity, Permeability, and Capillarity (NGLS)

Laboratory 4-7 Landscapes of the US and New York State (NGLS)

 

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