Erosion Nature Study

by Jimmie on June 8, 2009

sprite with nest

Sprite with a Nest

water flowing down

Water Running Down

shining dawn booksThe ladies at Shining Dawn Books allowed me to preview my choice of Nature Study Kit. Wow! Was this a fun project! Since we live by a river, I thought the Erosion kit would be most appropriate. Although I’ve always loved geology, it’s not been something we’ve integrated into our nature studies. The nature kits include book lists, background information, tips for the nature walk, and LOADS of ideas for additional projects. Oh, did I mention that there are also printables you can use for nature journaling? The ideas helped to focus our attention during our nature walk. And if we want to, we can easily expand this study into an entire unit study.

rock with holes

Holes Formed by Flowing Water

erosion on hill

erosion on a hill

I photographed examples of erosion that we found. All of these were things that the NaturExplorers kit alerted me to.

We found many, many smooth rocks. It’s one of our favorite parts of walking along the river.

smooth rocks in river bedsmooth rocks in river bed

smooth rocks4smooth rocks in river bed

Related posts:

  1. Nature Study — Turtles
  2. Nature Study Surprise
  3. How We are Doing Nature Study

{ 2 comments… read them below or add one }

Cindy June 9, 2009 at 6:07 am

I’m SO glad you’ve enjoyed studying erosion! Since writing the unit, I’ve been noticing more and more erosion everywhere I look. :o ) It’s so very cool to see God’s power in things like water!

Thanks for posting about our units!

Melissa June 9, 2009 at 7:59 am

We’ve been enjoying studying erosion here as well. There is an abundance of creeks and hills around our area which is a prime place to observe erosion of many kinds.

Thanks for posting about our unit! I’m overjoyed to hear that you’ve been benefiting so much from it in your nature studies.

Leave a Comment

CommentLuv Enabled

Previous post:

Next post: