Then organize a field trip to a location that shows the effects of mass wasting, river erosion, weathering, ocean processes, or glaciation. Provide student groups with topographic maps and photographs of a region. Then ask them to identify the effects of weathering, mass wasting, and erosion on the region. Brainstorm ways in which people have adapted to these processes.
Groups then submit written summaries of the gradation processes encountered.
Have students in groups find and record local examples of weathering and mass wasting. Ask groups to describe the features and processes evident in their examples and to present these to the rest of the class. When students go on a field trip to learn about gradation processes, have them record their observations at each site. When students analyse a case study based on a local or an international disaster, have them display their analyses for peer response and feedback as well as teacher assessment. Copyright 1999 All Rights Reserved.