Red River Land: History of the Red River: Part 4
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Erling Rolfsrud talks about the impact of glaciers on the Red River Valley and how they formed hills and “kettle lakes” and left boulders in their path.
Source
Red River Land, Prairie Public, NCCST, Erling Rolfsrud
Grade Level
3 - 12
Subject Matter
Social Studies, Science
Standards
Explain changes in the real world using a model (e.g., erosion, volcano, stream table, wing designs for airplanes)
Identify changes that can be steady or irregular (e.g., floods, earthquakes, erosion, tooth decay)
4.3.4. Identify the effects forces may have when applied to objects (i.e., start, stop, change direction)
Explain how models can be used to illustrate scientific principles (e.g., osmosis, cell division)
Explain how landforms are changed (e.g., crustal deformation, volcanic eruption, deposition, weathering, erosion)
Explain the changes Earth has undergone over geologic time (e.g., fossil record, plate tectonics, climate change, glaciation)
Explain how models can be used to illustrate scientific principles
Explain how scientists create and use models to address scientific knowledge
Use geographic tools (e.g., maps, globes, graphs, diagrams, almanacs, GIS) and concepts to locate and describe physical features of places
Explain how physical processes (e.g., wind and water erosion, climatic changes, plate tectonics) create, maintain, and modify Earth’s physical features and environments
