Natural Resources

What are natural resources? Explain what you know about them and why they are important

Erosion and Weathering Concept Poem

What if weathering and erosion had a personality? What would they be like? Share your poems :)

Erosion: Grass Investigation

Think back to the investigation we did with grass in class.

What are the effects of plants on erosion?

Erosion

Where have you seen erosion?

Photo via Geography4Kids

For more information on erosion, visit this website:

http://www.geography4kids.com/files/land_erosion.html

Bonus: What's the difference between weathering and erosion?

Circuits!!!

Circuits are everywhere!










Image via NGfL

Tell about an electric circuit that is important to you or that you use every day. How does it work?




For example, I need an electric circuit for my computer everyday to update the 4th grade science blog. If I unplug my computer, I open the circuit, and electricity doesn't flow.



Bonus: What investigations did you do with circuits this year?

Plant Life Cycle: Show what you know!

Where have you seen the life cycle of plants in action?

What do plants need for life?

Water Cycle Review!!!

Answer 2 of the following questions:

1. Describe what is happening during the water cycle?

Diagram via Enchanted Learning

2. Why is the sun important to the water cycle?

3. What is your favorite type of precipitation?

Check out this cool water cycle website! :)

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/flash/flash_watercycle.html