Rapid earth changes
Use information from several sources to provide evidence that Earth events can occur quickly (earthquakes, volcanic eruptions) or slowly (erosion, mountain building)
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“Can your child give examples of things that change the Earth quickly, like an earthquake, and things that change it very slowly, like a river carving a valley?”
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- Activity. Use information from several sources to provide evidence that Earth events can occur quickly (earthquakes, volcanic eruptions) or slowly (erosion, mountain building)
What to notice. Give at least two examples of rapid Earth events (earthquake, volcanic eruption, landslide, flood) • Give at least two examples of slow Earth processes (erosion, mountain formation, canyon carving) • Use evidence from text, images, or video to support the distinction between fast and slow changes
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Can your child give examples of things that change the Earth quickly, like an earthquake, and things that change it very slowly, like a river carving a valley?
Use information from several sources to provide evidence that Earth events can occur quickly (earthquakes, volcanic eruptions) or slowly (erosion, mountain building)
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- Give at least two examples of rapid Earth events (earthquake, volcanic eruption, landslide, flood)
- Give at least two examples of slow Earth processes (erosion, mountain formation, canyon carving)
- Use evidence from text, images, or video to support the distinction between fast and slow changes
“Can your child give examples of things that change the Earth quickly, like an earthquake, and things that change it very slowly, like a river carving a valley?”
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- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Space Systems & Earth's History
- Age range
- Ages 7–8
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