Oso Landslide Unit- Grade 4

Sep 15, 2017

Unit guide for STC Land & Water Kit revised to meet Next Generation Science Standards. It reframes the kit around the 2014 Oso Landslide (north of Seattle, WA) scenario where students gather evidence from physical simulations with soil tubs, videos, readings, and timelines to better understand how and why changes in the land happen.

This draft is a starting place. Please feel free to make changes to the student tools within this file and to add or change activities based on the ideas your students bring up in class.

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