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[Year 5] Unit 1: English, HASS & Science - Weathering, Erosion, Transportation & Deposition: Weathering & Erosion

Rapid Change to Earth's Surface

Weathering & Erosion

What are Weathering and Erosion?

Weathering and Erosion

The true power and beauty of weathering

Erosion: The Power of Water

WA battles coastal erosion | ABC News

Geology Kitchen #6 - Weathering | Experiment

Nature-Based Solutions in Coastal Cities

Coastal Erosion & the Methods to Reduce it

The Grand Canyon! | SciShow Kids

Weathering and Erosion: Crash Course Kids

What is Weathering? Crash Course Geography #22

How Rivers Shape the Landscape: Crash Course Geography

How Coastal Erosion Works

Shocking Coastal Erosion Wamberal, Australia

Make Your Own Erosion! | SciShow Kids

Beach Saver Blocks and Coastal Erosion in Australia

Soil Erosion Round the World | Causes & Solutions

Erosion Prevention Challenge

What Is the Difference between Weathering and Erosion?

Weathering for Kids

Introduction to Erosion

Coastal Erosion - ABC BTN

Storm Erosion - ABC BTN

Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition Experiment | Geology

Water Erosion Solutions

Testing New Approaches to Protect Coastal Communities

More Resources

Discovering Geology (British Geological Survey). 

 

Erosion (Encyclopedia Britannica School - Elementary) - you can access this webpage at school only. 

Weathering (Encyclopedia Britannica School - Elementary) - you can access this webpage at school only. 

 

Erosion (National Geographic Education - Article). 

Erosion and Weathering (National Geographic Science - Reference).

Weathering (National Geographic Education - Encyclopedia). 

Weathering and Erosion Made Easy (Generation Genius). 

 

Coastal erosion (Geoscience Australia)

Landforms from space (Geoscience Australia).

Significant rock features (Geoscience Australia).

 

Landscapes and Landforms: Human impact on Landscapes (ABC Education, 2023) - short video. 

Landscapes and Landforms: Twelve Apostles (ABC Education, 2023) - short video and transcript. 

Landscapes and Landforms: Uluru and Kata Tjuta (ABC Education, 2023) - short video. 

Landscapes and Landforms: Mount Kosciuszko (ABC Education, 2023) - short video. 

Landscapes and Landforms: Coastal landscapes (ABC Education, 2023) - short video. 

Landscapes and Landforms: Deserts and semi-arid landscapes (ABC Education, 2023) - short video. 

 

Catalyst: How metamorphic rocks are formed (ABC Education, 2022) - short video. 

ABC 7.30: Severe erosion in the Upper Murray River (ABC Education, 2022) - short video and transcript. 

South Australian beaches are being washed away, locals report (Alderson, 2023) - ABC News Video. 

Limestone Coast beaches under threat of erosion as frequent storms batter coastline (Bradbrook, 2023) - ABC News article.

Coastal erosion is a problem for Adelaide's beaches - and the tide still hasn't turned (Alderson, 2023) - ABC News article.

Twilight Beach sand dunes at risk of erosion after bushfire, Shire of Esperance says (Smith & Johnstone, 2023) - ABC News article.  

Destructive beach erosion hits the Gold Coast in 1967 (ABC Archives, 2022) - ABC Archives video. 

Chief scientist asked to intervene as coastal erosion 'disaster' worsens near Townsville (Chomicki, 2022) - ABC News article. 

7.30: Battling erosion on the Gold Coast (ABC Education, 2022) - short video and transcript. 

Sunshine Coast beach under threat as Bribie Island tip continues to crumble (Ross, 2022) - ABC News article. 

 

From crumbling rock art to exposed ancestral remains, climate change is ravaging our precious Indigenous heritage (Kotarba-Morley, et. al., 2022). 

'Unauthorised structures' built in attempt to tackle coastal erosion to be removed, Lewisham residents told (Burgess, 2024). 

 

Wind Erosion (NSW Government Office of Environment & Heritage). 

Gully Erosion (NSW Government Office of Environment & Heritage). 

Community DustWatch (NSW Government Office of Environment & Heritage). 

 

A Terrifying, Fascinating Timelapse of 30 Years of Human Impact on Earth (Badger, 2013) - Bloomberg. 

Then & Now: The Stunning Speed of Urban Development (Rogers, 2011). 

City Evolution: Watch Urban Growth in 3D Visualizations (Rogers, 2013). 

 

Uluru: A Massive Rock in the middle of Nowhere (Foley, 2021) - Answers in Genesis Kids. 

Formation of the Grand Canyon (Lacey, 2018) - Answers in Genesis Kids. 

Evidence of the Flood (Foley, 2015) - Answers in Genesis Kids. 

 

Forces that cause landforms (Schader, 2021) - article available from Sciencing. 

How do natural hazards affect landforms and landscapes? - interactive article from Sutori. 

Erosion! The Ever-changing Earth (Koontz, 2014) - from Kids Discover. Includes links to teaching resources and classroom activities.