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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
o 1 - Rocks from French Creek between Meadville and Saegertown
o 1 - Rocks from a small unnamed stream southeast of Meadville
o 1 - Substrate from unnamed, small headwater stream near Meadville
o 1 - 40+ rocks (10 packs) purchased from WARDS
o 1 - Sample substrate from Woodcock Creek - Riffle area
o 1 - Sample substrate from Woodcock Creek - Pool area
o 1 - Empty plastic container for substrate from your creek

SIEVE SETS, ETC.
__1 sealable 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
__2 Laminated :Graoundwater and Land Use in the Water Cycle" Poster
__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
__1 Letting Swift River Go by Jane Yolen
__50 "Glacial History and Stream Processes affecting French Creek" fact sheet from the French Creek Project
__Maps of Pennsylvania
o 20 - Distribution of Pennsylvania Coals
o 20 - Glacial Deposits of Pennsylvania
o 17 - Surficial Materials of Pennsylvania
o 20 - Limestone and Dolomite Distribution in Pennsylvania
o 20 - Physiogeographic Provinces of Pennsylvania
o 20 - Geologic Map of Pennsylvania
o 20 - Oil and Gas Fields of Pennsylvania

Pamphlets
o 10 of Rocks and Minerals - A Study Guide
o 10 of Rocks and Minerals of Pennsylvania
o 3 of Common Fossils of Pennsylvania
o 10 of Pennsylvania and the Ice Age
o 1 of Landslides in Pennsylvania
o 10 of The Geological Story of Pennsylvania

BOX 2 continued
ACTIVITY ENVELOPS
__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 bag of 8 plastic golf balls
__1 bag of stream table accessories
__1 bag of 15 sediment guides

PLASTIC BIN LABELED "EXTRA STUFF"
__4 Windmills
__6 Gardening spades (hand shovels)
__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 Interpreting River Sediments activity materials
o 15 Ruby Ridge quadrangle topographic maps
o 15 Sample Site Number Envelopes each containing 24 cards
o 24 sediment samples
o 15 Chemplates
o Lab-Aids dollars
o 21 Spatulas
o 3 Molybdenum 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. click here for Power Point.

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.