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To prepare for Kahoot about the different slow processes, use the slideshow on the right to identify whether the image is an example of weathering, erosion, or deposition.

Captions from www.lauracandler.com; Images to be cited.
For slideshow on identifying slow AND fast processes: ​click here

Websites about Slow Processes: Weathering, Erosion, & Deposition

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How Ice Cracks Rock
Short animated video of how ice weathers rocks.
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/science_up_close/307/deploy/interface.html
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Rock Cycle Animation
Visual demonstrations of slow processes that affect Earth's surfaces NOTE: This link requires a PBS Learning Media account to access
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/investigations/es0602/es0602page02.cfm
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Kahoot! Weathering
Play Kahoot! with your friends and family! Review your notes to practice matching the vocabulary to the situation. NOTE: You need one device to run the game and another device(s) to play.
https://play.kahoot.it/#/?quizId=ea2c739c-b6a7-4477-a62f-2836145ddd0a
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Shape It Up! Erosion Game
Test your estimation skills: what weathering changed the land? How long did the erosion take to change the land?
http://www.kineticcity.com/mindgames/warper/
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Glaciers' Change
Photographs from around the world that document how the land around and under glaciers has changed over time.
http://hawaii.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/ipy07.sci.ess.earthsys.glacierphoto/documenting-glacial-change/
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BrainPOP Jr. - Slow Land Changes
BRAINPOP ACCOUNT NEEDED
Video to show how different landforms form due to weathering.
https://jr.brainpop.com/science/land/slowlandchanges/

Websites about Slow Processes: Fossils

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Layers of Time
Use clues to sort layers of fossils.
NOTE: Requires Flash
​https://www.amnh.org/ology/features/layersoftime/game.php
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Fossil Fabricator
NOTE: Ask parents/guardians/teacher BEFORE playing this game, as you need a FREE membership with Wonderville.
​Choose the appropriate conditions needed to form a fossil. Will the bone become a fossil or burn to ash?

https://wonderville.org/asset/fossil-fabricator
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DinoMight
Fossil types and inferences about a archaeopetryx
NOTE: Requires Flash
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/scienceforkids/dinosaurs/fossil_study.htm
http://vital.cs.ohiou.edu/steamwebsite/downloads/ChangeLab.swf
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Dino Discovery
Newly discovered dinosaur, Dreadnoughtus, takes title of largest terrestrial animal.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2014/09/04/this-is-the-kind-of-dinosaur-you-find-in-hollywood/

Websites about Fast Processes: Volcanoes

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Volcano Explorer
There are different types of volcano shapes. What happens if you change the shape of the volcano and the magma composition?
https://www.cosmeo.com/braingames/virutal_volcano/media/volcanomain.swf
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Volcanic World Map
Interactive world map with locations of tectonic plates, volcanoes, and earthquake.
http://hawaii.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/ess05.sci.ess.earthsys.tectonic/tectonic-plates-earthquakes-and-volcanoes/
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Hawaiian Volcanoes 101
16:04 minutes in total; fast forward to 9:04 to view information about the Pacific Plate hot spot. ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4W2CW4G_Do
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How the Earth Was Made
Video by The History Channel. 3:10 minutes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66UdZWZgfWY
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Volcanoes (Interactive)
Learn about how the different parts of the Earth form volcanoes.  http://www.curriculumbits.com/prodimages/details/geography/volcanoes.swf
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Volcanic Views
Nature documentary series showing Kilauea erupting and flowing. Excerpt from "Kilauea: Mountain of Fire."
http://hawaii.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/bf10.sci.ps.earth.volview/volcanic-views/
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August 2014 Hawaii lava flow
Hawaii News Now report on Puna lava flows slowing on August 28, 2014
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/26393734/latest-flyover-indicates-puna-lava-flow-has-slowed-possibly-stopped
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Current Conditions
Current conditions at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
http://www.nps.gov/havo/planyourvisit/lava2.htm
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A New Hawaiian Island
A New Hawaiian Island. Video by National Geographic. 4:03 mintues. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvpZ0pNWxAU

Websites about Fast Processes: Tsunami

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Birth of a Tsunam
Animation of how tsunami form.
http://hawaii.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/nvkq.vid.earth.tsunami/birth-of-a-tsunami/#0

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