Science Pathways: Earth & Space Science - Erosion & Paleontology Kit

• Grades: Elementary

Highlights:

Uncover the dynamic forces that reshape Earth's surface and preserve history over geological time. The Erosion & Paleontology Kit provides elementary classrooms with hands-on tools to simulate weathering, erosion, and deposition processes alongside authentic fossil sorting investigations. Students observe how water and physical forces move land materials while learning how ancient organisms were preserved in earth's rock layers.

Curriculum or Lesson Topics:

• Weathering, Erosion, & Deposition: Modeling how liquid precipitation, runoff, and terrain shape Earth's landscape through material displacement and settling.

• Sedimentation & Layering: Observing settling dynamics, sediment layering, and particle sorting in aquatic environments.

• Paleontology & Earth History: Hands-on identification, classification, and sorting of ancient fossil specimens to explore past ecosystems and life forms.