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Primary School - Grades K-3
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P=Project E=Experiment
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Build a model beach and see how waves affect the shoreline of the beach.
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What is Erosion?
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Elementary School - Grades 4-6
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P=Project E=Experiment
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Find different ways to prevent the damaging effects of soil erosion.
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Build a model of a water channel and determine how best to prevent erosion in that channel.
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Find out what type of liquid (different pH), breaks down limestone the most (limestone erosion).
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Identify the different types of erosion
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How do chemicals, streams and ice weather rocks?
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How long would it take Mount Everest to erode?
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What is Erosion?
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Middle School - Grades 7-9
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P=Project E=Experiment
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Estimate rates of soil erosion due to rainfall at different sites.
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See if the style of jetty on barrier islands affects the amount of erosion on the beach.
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Test which ground cover would better protect soil from water erosion.
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What is erosion?
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What is the effect of different barrier shapes on preventing erosion?
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Determine how fast water erodes different types of rock.
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What Effect Does Soil Particle Size Have on Water Absorption?
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The effects of polyacrylamide versus polyacrylate on erosion
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What is Erosion?
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High School - Grades 10-12
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P=Project E=Experiment
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The Effect of Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium perenne) Presence and Growth Stage on the Erodibility of a Sandy Clay Soil
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Determine whether the beaches in the Malibu area are eroding at an unnatural rate due to human development.
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What Barrier to Wind Erosion Is Most Effective?
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Determine which soil types are most likely to erode under severe weather conditions?
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What is Erosion?
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Useful Links
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Science Fair Projects Resources
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Tornado Resources
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Solar System Quiz
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