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ENGINEERING & DESIGN: MODELING AND MITIGATING
STREAM PROCESSES

Kit #446S — Developed by SEPUP

Students model the phenomenon of sediment movement in a river using a unique mini stream
table that provides evidence for how geoscience processes change Earth’s surface . In Part A,
students investigate how the changing energy of flowing water erodes and deposits sediments
to create common landforms . Part B is an engineering design challenge where students use
design criteria and constraints to design and test erosion-control structures . Based on the
results of their initial testing, students redesign and retest their structures .

Accommodates two to three classes, each with 8 groups of 4 students.
STEM LITERACY
Kit No. 446S $259.95
NONCONSUMABLE

PLATE TECTONICS: PLATE
BOUNDARY COMPUTER SIMULATION

Kit #438S — Developed by SEPUP
In this investigation students use actual data and a computer
simulation designed at the Lawrence Hall of Science to investigate
the geology of plate boundaries . In Part 1, students compare and
contrast continents with continental plates, draw plate boundaries
from earthquake and volcano data, and label the major plates
with their names and arrows indicating the direction the plates are
moving . In Part 2, students use a computer simulation to explore
what happens at plate boundaries over time . They investigate the
changes that occur along divergent (spreading), transform (sliding),
and convergent (colliding) plate boundary over different time periods .
They then compare the geologic features of the three different kinds
of plate boundaries and the Earth processes that cause them .
Accommodates unlimited classes with unlimited groups. LITERACY
Kit No. 438S $39.05 NONCONSUMABLE

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