Make Your Own Landslide!
Grades 3 -
5
Hydrology • Geomorphology
Activity
Educational Objectives
After this activity, students should be able to:
- Explain how different Earth materials affect landslide dynamics.
- Describe how landslide dangers are affected by slopes and storms.
- Describe how studying landslides allows scientists to determine where and when there are risks to buildings and people from landslides.
Audience
K-12
NGSS Crosscutting Concepts: Patterns | Cause and Effect - Mechanism and Explanation
NGSS Science & Engineering Practices: Planning and Carrying Out Investigations
NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: ESS3 - Earth and Human Activity | ETS1 - Engineering Design
Observatory: Boulder CZO
Author(s): Eric Parrish (UC Boulder)
Funding: National Office of the Critical Zone Observatory Program
Details for this Resource
For 2019's AGI Earth Sciences Week, a new exercise, "Make Your Own Landslide!" has been created by Eric Parrish of UC Boulder and the Boulder Creek CZO. His activitiy is covered in the following documents:
- Make Your Own Landslide (1 MB pdf)
- Mini-Landslide (1 MB pdf)
- Model House Template (0.5 MB pdf)
- Activity Worksheet (0.5 MB pdf)
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