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STREAM GEOLOGY MODULE CONTENTS

BOX 1
ROCK AND SEDIMENT SAMPLES
- 1 Green WARDS box - Rock collection of 12 rocks
- 7 Total plastic containers
- 1 Rocks from French Creek between Meadville and Seagertown
- 1 Rocks from a small unnamed stream southeast of Meadville
- 1 Substrate from unnamed, small headwater stream near Meadville
- 1 40+ rocks (10 packs) purchased from WARDS
- 1 Sample substrate from Woodcock Creek - Riffle area
- 1 Sample substrate from Woodcock Creek - Pool area
- 1 Empty plastic container for substrate from your creek

SIEVE SETS, ETC.
- 1 Ziplock bag containing magnifying glasses
- 6 Meter sticks
- 6 White bottomless buckets
- 4 sets of screened sieves, each set consisting of a #5, #10, #35, #60, #120, #230 sieve and a no mesh bottom pan

BOX 2
READING MATERIALS
- 25 Laminated posters illustrating The Evolution of Life
- 1 Geological Highway Map of the Northeastern Region of the United States
- 8 National Geographic Informative Packets - Rivers 2001
- 1 Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals by National Audubon Society
- 1 Rivers and Valleys by Philip Sauvain
Total Maps of Pennsylvania
- 9 Distribution of Pennsylvania Coals
- 20 Glacial Deposits of Pennsylvania
- 10 Surficial Materials of Pennsylvania
- 20 Limestone and Dolomite Distribution in Pennsylvania
- 20 Physiogeographic Provinces of Pennsylvania
- 20 Geologic Map of Pennsylvania
- 9 Oil and Gas Fields of Pennsylvania
Pamphlets
- 10 of Rocks and Minerals - A Study Guide
- 10 of Rocks and Minerals of Pennsylvania
- 3 of Common Fossils of Pennsylvania
- 10 of Pennsylvania and the Ice Age
- 1 of Landslides in Pennsylvania
- 10 of The Geological Story of Pennsylvania

ACTIVITY ENVELOPES
- 1 Stream Movement Slide Show
- 1 Geological Time - Water, W. PA, and World

PLASTIC CONTAINERS WITH BLUE LIDS
- 1 of course sand - small gravel
- 1 of fine sand
- 1 of silt
- 1 of gravel
- 1 of extra soda bottle caps

ZIPLOC BAGS
- 1 of 8 plastic golf balls
- 1 of stream table accessories
- 1 of 15 sediment guides

PLASTIC BIN LABELED "EXTRA STUFF"
- 4 Windmills
- 6 Gardening spades
- 2 Stop watches
- 6 One foot rulers
- 9 Calipers
- 2 Fiberglass Measurers (each 50 ft long)
- 1 box of ziploc bags
- 1 Sedimentator bottle
- 6 Plastic dishes
- 4 four packs of wet erase markers (16 markers total)

OTHER
- 6 Sedimentator bottles in cardboard box
- 5 plastic funnels

LOOSE ITEMS
- Stream table
- Stream table accessory
- Box of sand for stream table
- 1 Lab Aids cardboard box containing Interperting River Sediments activity materials:
_ 15 Ruby Ridge quadrangle topographic maps
__ 15 Sample Site Number Envelopes each containing 24 cards
__ 24 sediment samples
__ 15 Chemplates
__ Lab-Aids dollars
__ 21 Spatulas
__ 3 Molydbenum test solution

ACTIVITIES

Geological History - Water, W. PA, and World
Students create a timeline of geologic history that will show the amount of time it takes for certain geologic processes to occur on Earth. In addition to worldwide events, focus is given to Western Pennsylvania geologic history and how it affects us today. Students will also focus on various events that influenced our waterways through time.

Flowing Streams
Students will produce a depth profile of a stream, measure flow velocity differences across the stream at various points, and correlate stream flow to depth and substrate sediment size.

I Live to Sieve Stream Sediments
Using sieve sets, students will investigate stream substrate, classifying the rocks and sediments into size classifications. Comparisons of substrate collected from various places in the stream will also be made.

Pebble Count Procedure
Students will use a pebble count procedure to determine the average substrate size of a waterway. This method involves entering the stream, selecting random pieces of substrate (clay/silt all the way up to a rock), and measuring the substrate size.

Settling Sediments
Students will investigate how sediments are deposited in different types of waterways or locations within the same waterway using sedimentation bottles that they make or that are pre-made. Students will review sediment sizes and types and make connections between deposition and the formation of certain types of rocks.

Interpreting River Sediments
Students will investigate various sediment samples from a watershed for a metal pollutant using a simple chemistry test. They will interpret the results and use a map to try to determine the source of the pollutant and why it is found in some of the sediments of the watershed.

Creek Rocks
Students collect rocks from a creek bed and identify them using classroom resources, their textbooks, or rock identification guides. Students then summarize their findings to include types of rocks found, origins of the rocks, and how the rocks got into the creek.

Stream Movement Slide Show
Students will watch a scripted slide show and complete worksheet as they watch. The slide show is about stream drainage, stream movement, channels, erosion, sediment transport, sedimentation, and deposition.

Stream Table - Waterways on the Move
A stream table will be used to demonstrate stream drainage, stream movement, stream maturation, channels, meandering, force of water, erosion, sediment transport, deposition and other topics.

Textbook Sections: Different textbook selections about "Running Water", "Streams and Floods: The Geology of Running Water", "Physical Geography: Earth's Systems and Human Interactions", and "Draining the Land".

Rock Identification: Two articles of information that discuss the different types of rocks that are located in the Pennsylvania area.

Geologic Maps: Various colorful maps that show the geology of Pennsylvania.

Geologic History: Fact sheets that contain information about the geological history of Pennsylvania and its major waterways.

Other Stream Geology Topics: More interesting topics, such as "How Do Sediments Shape Stream?", "River Sediments Mystery", "Stream Channel Shapes", "Various Sediment Size Classifications", "Stream Diagrams", and "The Field Guide to Geology".

Stream Table Information: The Stream Table provides a means of exploring and discovering geologic principles and processes. The Laboratory Manual outlines numerous investigations relating to stream processes, coastal features, glaciation, and structural processes.