We are completing a unit on Landforms.
Students will learn various types of land and water features, how to read and interpret maps, how landforms are created, how landforms change over time, and will learn to view landforms in different ways.
Great website to view landform pictures, maps, and definitions:
http://www.harcourtschool.com/glossary/horizons/
This website will provide definitions used for upcoming quizzes and tests.
Terms students should become familiar with include:
| mountains | hills | valleys | terrain | elevation | geography |
| canyon | plateau | mesa | lake | island | topography |
| landform | glacier | sand dune | plains | volcano | delta |
| bay | gulf | sand spit | earthquake | epicenter | sinkhole |
| continental plate | Richter Scale | barrier island | fault | Pangea | magma |
| erosion | weathering | deposition | crust | Tectonic plate | lava |
Students will view maps, create bird's eye views of different areas, construct models of land features, and model erosion and depostion.