Landforms and Water bodies

Introduction to main types of Landforms and bodies of water

Glaciers

Landforms and bodies of water we will be learning

Mountains & Hills

It is important to learn about differnt landforms and bodies of water because they are apart of our history.

Caves & Cliffs

Rivers

Plains

Ponds & Lakes

Oceans

Valleys & Canyons

Intro to Landforms and bodies of water

Watch the video then click on the (+) below the video to explore the landforms and water bodies we will be exlporing in this unit!

We can find Landforms and waterbodies across the World

What types of landforms/ bodies of water are presented. Click on the (+)

Rivers

River: A large naturals streamof water that flows over land.

"https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/river/346203"

Learn more about Rivers with the video

Once you have watched the video, complete the worksheet that can be found by pressing the (+).

How do you know if the body of water is a river?

If yes to all questions, it is a river! -Does the body of water start from an area that is higher than the end? -Does the body of water end at another body of water (typically a lake)? - Do the sides border land, and other sides boarder water bodies?

Ponds & Lakes

Lake: "a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land" Pond: a body of water smaller than a lake, sometimes artificially formed, as by damming a stream.

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/lake https://www.dictionary.com/browse/pond

Great Lakes

What makes the great lakes different from normal lakes?

How do I know if a body of water is a pond or a lake

If the answer is yes to the question, then the body of water is a pond or a lake! -Is there land on all sides of the body or water?

Oceans

Ocean: the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/ocean

Oceans size

Wait... How big is the ocean??

Marine (of the ocean) Life

You only have to watch video fro 0:00 to 2:47, unless you want to watch the full video!

How do i know if a body of water is the ocean?

If the answers to the questions are yes, the body of water is an ocean! -Does it have salt water? -Does it cover 2/3rds of the earth? -Is it on the coast of the continents?

GLaciers

Glacier: an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly,

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/glacier

What are Glaciers?

Glaciers are sometimes also called icebergs or rivers of ice. Maybe you have heard these terms from movies or the people around you.

How do I know if a body of water is a Glacier?

if you answer yes to the questions, the body of water is a Glacier! - Is a a huge icepatch/cube that does not melt even in the summer?

Mountains & Hills

All about Mountains

Is it a mountain 🏔 or a volcano 🌋?

Mountains: a natural elevation of the earth's surface rising more or less abruptly to a summit, and attaining an altitude greater than that of a hill, usually greater than 2,000 feet (610 meters). Hill: a natural elevation of the earth's surface, smaller than a mountain

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/mountain https://www.dictionary.com/browse/hill

How do you know the landform is a mountain/ hill

If the answer is yes to all of the questions, then the landform is a mountain: -Does the landform have a peak? -Is it higher than 1,000 to 2,000 feet? f the answer is yes to all of the questions, then the landform is a hill: -Is the landform higher than plains, but lower than 1,000 to 2,000 feet?

Caves & Cliffs

Cave: "a hollow in the earth, especially one opening more or less horizontally into a hill, mountain, etc." Cliff: "a high steep face of a rock."

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/cavehttps://www.dictionary.com/browse/cliff

Caves

What is the difference between an ice caves/ glacier cave and a cave you would find in the rocks? Where can you find caves?

Cliffs

Native Americans lived all across America before the European settlers came to America. How did they use caves?

How do you know if the landform is a Cave or Cliff?

If the answer to the questions is yes, then it is a cave: - Does the landform have a passage that goes into a mountain or glacier? -Was the form created by erosion? -Is there pointy rocks sticking up from the ground or coming out of the ceiling? If the answer to the questions is yes, then it is a cliff: - Does a mountain side drop off to where there is a vertical wall?

Plains

Plains: "Mainly US extensive tracts of level or almost level treeless countryside; prairies"

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/plains

North american plains

Seas of land. How did the Dust Bowl start? How are Plains used?

How do you know if the landform is a plain

If the answer is yes to the questions, the landform is a plain! -Is the landform flat? -Does it typically have good farming soil?

Valleys & Canyons

Valley: "large depression between uplands, hills, or mountains, especially one following the course of a stream." Canyon: a deep valley with steep sides, often with a stream flowing through it

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/valley https://www.dictionary.com/browse/canyon

The Grand Canyon

How do you think the Grand Canyon was created?

How do you know if the landform is a valley or canyon?

If the answer is yes to the question, then the landform is a Valley! - Is the landform a V or U shaped low point between a mountain? If the answer is yes to the question, then the landform is a Canyon! - Does the landform look like a valley, but has steeper sides or cliffs and is deeper than a valley?

Unique landforms!

Stop the video at 7:15. The videoaugrapher gives religious statements about the Christian God after 7:15. If that is what you believe feel free to continue on with the video.

Project time!

What did you learn on our journey?

Option 1: Cardboard box Landforms/ water bodies model

Option 2: Digital Landforms/ water bodies model

- Students will model the different landforms and water bodies by using online resources. - Click the (+) for more details on this option.

- Students will model the different landforms and water bodies by using items around the house and a card board box. - Click (+) for more details on this option.

Or

See next page for assignment Google doc

Option 1:

Materials: - Cardboard box of any size - Creative objects that model all 12 landforms and bodies of water -labling the landforms and bodies of water Object ideas: - Construction paper - paint -play dough - shoe box -bowls/cups -dirt

Option 1: Google doc (Make a Copy)

Click the pink square!

See next pagefor assignmentGoogle doc

Option 2:

• Materials:
• A device that has access to Google Slides or Powerpoint.
• Explained:
• Make the differnt landforms and water bodies by creating a presentation and using images, shapes, and lines to create each of the 12 landforms and Water bodies.
• Be creative!

option 2: Google Doc (make a copy)

Press the play cirlcle to watch a video showing you how to make your presentation. Then click on the red circle for google doc

thank you for all your hard work!

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