1. Landforms Definition: Any feature of Earth's surface having a distinct shape and origin. Definition: Any feature of Earth's surface having a distinct shape and origin. Landforms include major features (such as continents, ocean basins, plains, plateaus, and mountain ranges) Landforms include major features (such as continents, ocean basins, plains, plateaus, and mountain ranges) Landforms include minor features (such as hills, valleys, slopes, and dunes). Landforms include minor features (such as hills, valleys, slopes, and dunes). Collectively, the landforms of Earth constitute the entire surface configuration of the planet. Collectively, the landforms of Earth constitute the entire surface configuration of the planet.

2. Landforms (on a separate sheet of paper write as many answers as you can to the following questions)  Where have you traveled? –What landforms did you see on your trip?  Where would you like to travel? –What landforms would you see if you went?  List all the landforms that you can think of.

3. Landforms  Share your landforms with your group  Add any landforms that you didn’t have  Chart your list on the butcher paper

4. Landforms Assignment  Bring a list of 5 different geological features (landforms) that are not on the list  You may: use the internet, look through books, ask a parent, ask a sibling, call your aunt in Georgia, open a map, check out an Earth Science book, ask Mr. Reinhold

5. Landforms  Add your 5 geological features from homework to the list.  Look over our class list  Select 3 topics that you are interested in studying and hand it to me.  Number these items 1-3. (1 being your first choice, 3 being your third choice)

6. Landforms are created by a variety of processes that change the surface of the Earth:  Constructive Processes build up (or create) landforms on the Earth's surface.  Destructive Processes break down landforms on the Earth's surface.

7. Directions – Classify the following Earth processes as constructive or destructive processes. Please give short justification of each Word Bank: deposition, weathering, erosion, earthquakes, volcanoes, faults, compaction, cementation, crystallization, subduction, sea-floor spreading

8. Essential Question  What events of the past and present have led up to the formation of geological features?

9. 5 Questions  Think of 5 questions that you will need to answer in order to know: “What events of the past and present have led up to the formation of geological features?  Your questions should help you answer the essential questions.

10. Example  When did the landform start to be formed? - This question will help you answer the essential question because it will determine the length of time that it took Earth’s natural processes to form the landform.

11. Project Checklist  Learner correctly identified and defined the processes that created their landform  Learner can classify the process that created their landform as constructive or destructive  Learner can justify why the processes are constructive or destructive  Learner compared their landform’s current state to the landforms past state  Learner created and answered 5 questions to answer essential question

12. How you can Represent your Learning Make 3-D representation/modelMake 3-D representation/model Design an advertising campaignDesign an advertising campaign Create a game boardCreate a game board Create a detailed drawingCreate a detailed drawing Create a diagram or cross-sectional picture/modelCreate a diagram or cross-sectional picture/model Any other teacher approved activityAny other teacher approved activity Record your learning in a graphic organizer Develop a commercial Write a play Create a report Organize information in a time-line Recreate a scene in 2-D or 3-D Create a poster (Glogster)

13. Research your landform  The rest of class time is yours to research your landform.  Open your notebook to your questions. They guide your research!  Be ready to talk about your research  Quiet in the hallways and on-task in the lab

14. Conclusion You should now have a great idea of how some of Earth's processes created some of Earth’s landforms. If you would like to read more, here are a few great places to look:  Geology for Kids  Earthquakes for Kids  Weathering Animations  Exploring Earth Visualizations