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Mini-Landslide
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
|---|---|
| Author | Nicklas, Timothy S. Hill, Geoffrey Gill, Emily Zarske, Malinda Schaefer Carlson, Denise W. |
| Copyright Year | 2006 |
| Description | Students explore how different materials (sand, gravel, lava rock) with different water contents on different slopes result in landslides of different severity. They measure the severity by how far the landslide debris extends into model houses placed in the flood plain. Students explore how different materials (sand, gravel, lava rock) with different water contents on different slopes result in landslides of different severity. They measure the severity by how far the landslide debris extends into model houses placed in the flood plain. This activity is a small-scale model of a debris chute currently being used by engineers and scientists to study landslide characteristics. Much of this activity setup is the same as for the Survive That Tsunami activity in Lesson 5 of the Natural Disasters unit. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado |
| Subject Keyword | Earth and Space Science and Technology Earth Materials Natural Disaster Gravity Landslide Friction Disaster |
| Content Type | Text |
| Time Required | PT45M |
| Education Level | Class III Class IV Class V |
| Pedagogy | Experimental Activity |
| Resource Type | Hands-on |
| Subject | Structure of the Earth Technical |
