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Landforms Landforms
Write On Grade 3

Learner Expectation






Content Standard 3 0 Geography enables the students to see understand and appreciate the web of relationships between people places and environments Students will use the knowledge skills and understanding of concepts within the six essential elements of geography world in spatial terms places and regions physical systems human systems environment and society and the uses of geography Learning Expectations 3 01 Understand how to use maps globes and other geographic representations tools and technologies to acquire process and report information from a spatial perspective 3 03 Demonstrate how to identify and locate major physical and political features on globes and maps

IN THIS ACTIVITY YOU WILL
Learn

about the different types of landforms Create landforms with modeling clay Write a Four Square describing a landform of their choice

LANDFORMS
Landforms are the kinds of land a place has Landforms include mountains valleys plateaus deserts plains islands and peninsulas

MOUNTAINS
Mountains

can be tall and sharply pointed like the Rocky Mountains Mountains can be lower and more rounded like the Appalachian Mountains

VALLEYS
Valleys

are lowlands that lie between mountain ranges They are often good places for communities because water runs down from the mountains and they have rich soil to grow crops

PLATEAUS
Plateaus

are landforms that have STEEP SIDES and a FLAT top They may stretch for miles in every direction

DESERTS
A

desert is dry land with few plants and little water

ISLANDS
An

island is a piece of land that has water on all sides

PLAINS
The

area of flat land along a sea or ocean is a coastal plain Plains are flat sometimes grassy lands that stretch for miles and can be good habitats for animals like zebras lions and elephants giraffes

PENINSULAS
A

peninsula is a piece of land that has water on ONLY THREE sides and attached to another piece of land A good example of a peninsula is FLORIDA

REVIEW OF LANDFORMS
MOUNTAINS

High steep rocky land VALLEYS Low land in between mountains PLATEAUS Steep sloped land with a flat top

DESERTS

sandy land PLAINS Flat grassy land that stretches for miles ISLANDS Land surrounded by water PENINSULAS Land with water on 3 sides

Dry

Sources
Jefferson

County Website Harcourt Horizons People and Communities volume 1 Florida Picture http fcit usf edu florida maps clipart colorpic

CREATIVE ACTIVITY
Give a lump of modeling clay Allow students to mold and create each type of landform discussed If needed go back through Power Point


Writing Activity
Students

will choose their favorite landform to write a Four Square assignment and present it to the class