In last week's episode, we learn about weathering, erosion, and deposition. Write to us: Describe an example of weathering, erosion, or deposition in your neighborhood. Bonus points if you include a photo or drawing of your observation!
“I live a few blocks away from a beach. One day, the entire beach is there. The next day, two feet of the beach is gone! My family and I like to go down there in the summertime, but I fear that we won't have any beach left.”
- Alex from Kensington Intermediate in Rocky River
"I was watching this NewsDepth and then I looked out of the window of my cabin and realized I was in the Badlands on vacation with my family. I saw the sandstone mountains and they are eroding because the tops are smooth and there are little pebbles of sandstone in piles at the bottom. Erosion is very interesting in the Badlands because when the wind blows it makes the mountain erode. They find interesting fossils and other minerals. Each year the Badlands erode three inches and in 10,000 years the Badlands will be gone. I’m glad I’m here now because the Badlands won’t last forever."
- Evan from Westlake Elementary in Westlake
“An example of weathering is the big rocks and the small, smooth pebbles that are weathered away by the rain. This weathering is similar to the weathering that happens at Lake Erie. The weathering at the lake is faster than the weathering that happens to the big rocks around my house. The rocks that are weathered away at Lake Erie are weathered faster because they are constantly being hit by lake water. The rocks around my house are weathered by rain, which does not happen all the time. There are many examples of weathering, like the Grand Canyon, but this is the example of weathering in my neighborhood.”
-Emma from Tallmadge Middle School in Tallmadge
“I have an example of erosion in my own backyard! When it rains in my backyard, the rain carries the soil to the edge of my backyard near the fence and creates a huge mud puddle. This is the process of moving soil to a new location, which is called erosion.”
-Naomi from Maryland Elementary in Bexley
"I have a river near where I live. When there's a flash flood, the rocks change places, which is an example of erosion."
- Aiyana from Fairfax Elementary in Cleveland Heights
“These rocks are examples of weathering at a nearby creek. At some point, the creek weathered the rocks down, and now they are smooth and flat. At the creek, there are also rocks like these that are a lot bigger. There are a lot of examples of weathering at this creek.”
- Kayla from Heritage Elementary in Medina
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