1. Let’s Review What is a biome? How many biomes does Minnesota have?

2. Minnesota’s Three Biomes Coniferous Forest Prairie Deciduous Forest An area with trees that have cones An area with trees that lose their leaves at the end of each season An area with flat land, tall grass, and few trees

3. Minnesota’s Three Biomes Coniferous Forest Prairie Deciduous Forest

4. Minnesota’s Three Biomes Coniferous Forest Prairie Deciduous Forest

5. Coniferous Forest Prairie Deciduous Forest

6. Minnesota’s Three Biomes Coniferous Forest Prairie Deciduous Forest

8. MN Map Task 1 Draw in and label the following biomes: -Prairie -Deciduous forest -Coniferous forest

9. Today’s Guiding Question -What are the major landforms in Minnesota? -How did glaciers impact Minnesota’s geography? Today’s Learning Goal -Students will be able to identify the major landforms in Minnesota -Students will be able to describe how glaciers impacted Minnesota’s geography -Students will use text to find information

10. MN Map Task 2 Draw in and label the cities

11. What is a landform? A landform is a natural feature of the Earth’s surface. Landforms also include bodies of water. What are some examples of landforms?

12. TermDefinitionPicture Use it in a sentence Landform

13. What are the major landforms that Minnesota has? River-bodies of water that begin at a source and flow downhill between banks of earth to a mouth, where they empty into a larger body of water.

14. TermDefinitionPicture Use it in a sentence River River Source River Mouth

15. The Mississippi River- Where is the source? Where is the mouth?

21. Other MN Rivers

22. What is a valley? An area of lowland between ranges hills, or other highlands, often having a river or stream running along the bottom.

23. MN Map Task 3 Label the following rivers Mississippi River Minnesota River Red River Saint Croix

24. What are the major landforms that Minnesota has? Lakes-bodies of water that are surrounded by land on all sides.

25. MN Map Task 4 Label the lakes

26. The Lakes of Minnesota Why does Minnesota have so many lakes?

27. Glaciers Reading What is a glacier?

28. Lake Agassiz

29. Today’s Guiding Question -What are the major landforms in Minnesota? -How did glaciers impact Minnesota’s geography? Today’s Learning Goal -Students will be able to identify the major landforms in Minnesota -Students will be able to describe how glaciers impacted Minnesota’s geography -