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Landslides are a significant problem in several areas of Ohio. For example, the Cincinnati area has one of the highest per-capita costs due to landslide damage of any city in the United States.
Landslides are a significant problem in several areas of Ohio. For example, the Cincinnati area has one of the highest per-capita costs due to landslide damage of any city in the United States. Many landslides in Ohio damage or destroy homes, businesses, and highways, resulting in annual costs of millions of dollars. Upon occasion, they can be a serious threat to personal safety. This resource addresses the following topics: types of landslides, rotational slump, earthflow, rockfall, causes of landslides, landslide-prone areas of Ohio, and how to avoid landslides. (author/kct)
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A student interested in a career as a soil scientist will find this site to be a good reference page. Students interested in the construction of roads or buildings in locations subject to landslides can also use this site as a reference guide to the types, causes and prevention of landslides.
A student interested in a career as a soil scientist will find this site to be a good reference page. Students interested in the construction of roads or buildings in locations subject to landslides can also use this site as a reference guide to the types, causes and prevention of landslides. As a content resource, this lessson does not qualify as a lesson in itself, but both the science and the career instructor could easily build this into their curricula.
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| Science Academic Content Standards |
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| Earth and Space Sciences |  |
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| B. | Summarize the processes that shape Earth's surface and describe evidence of those processes. |
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| Benchmarks (6 - 8) |
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| E. | Describe the processes that contribute to the continuous changing of Earth's surface (e.g., earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, erosion, mountain building and lithospheric plate movements). |
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| Benchmarks (9 - 10) |
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| E. | Explain the processes that move and shape Earth's surface. |
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| National Science Education Standards |
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| Science in Personal and Social Perspectives | |
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| Natural hazards (Grades 5 - 8) |
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| Internal and external processes of the earth system cause natural hazards, events that change or destroy human and wildlife habitats, damage property, and harm or kill humans. Natural hazards include earthquakes, landslides, wildfires, volcanic eruptions, floods, storms, and even possible impacts of asteroids. |
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| Natural hazards can present personal and societal challenges because misidentifying the change or incorrectly estimating the rate and scale of change may result in either too little attention and significant human costs or too much cost for unneeded preventive measures. |
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| Risks and benefits (Grades 5 - 8) |
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| Students should understand the risks associated with natural hazards (fires, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions), with chemical hazards (pollutants in air, water, soil, and food), with biological hazards (pollen, viruses, bacterial, and parasites), social hazards (occupational safety and transportation), and with personal hazards (smoking, dieting, and drinking). |
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| Personal and community health (Grades 9 - 12) |
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| Hazards and the potential for accidents exist. Regardless of the environment, the possibility of injury, illness, disability, or death may be present. Humans have a variety of mechanisms--sensory, motor, emotional, social, and technological--that can reduce and modify hazards. |
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| RESOURCE TYPE |
| Content Resource |
| STANDARDS ALIGNMENT |
| Grades 3 - 10 |
| CAREER FIELDS |
Agricultural & Environmental Systems;
Construction Technologies |
| TOPICS |
Science --
Earth and Space Science;
Processes that Shape the Earth;
Weathering and Erosion |
| FOUND IN |
| Standards First |
| KEYWORDS |
natural hazards;
landslides |
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Publisher: Ohio Department of Natural Resources
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