Let's Wrap it Up!

Think about the classroom discussions, online discussions, videos, and student presentations. 

Share at least one thing you learned during the Landform Unit.

Questions?

View your classmates presentations from yesterday's post.

• Share one thing you really enjoyed.
• Ask one question.

After you have viewed and commented on everyone's presentation, try to answer your classmates questions about your own presentation.  

What We Learned

In your assigned groups of three, you will complete the following tasks:

• Select a landform from the link: Landforms
• Decide on a final product from the list:
• Book
• Poem 
• Song
• Video a landform play
• Your final product must include:
• Type of landform
• How it is formed
• Where can we find the landform in nature?
• 3 pictures of the landform
• At least one drawing of the landform 
• Visit the online library catalog and databases for reliable sources.  
• You may use the camera and scanner for pictures and drawings.
• You may use the science materials in the classroom such as water, bins, sand, rocks, and ice.  
• You may also bring supplies from home.
• Be creative!
• Share the link to your final product in the comments.

Simulation!

Explore the Volcano Simulation  

• What did you discover?

Cause and Effect

Watch the following BrainPop video: Slow Land Changes

Select a landform from the video and explain the cause and effect of the landform.  Write at least five sentences.    

Watch and Learn!

1.  Choose one video to watch from the list below.

• Formation of Canyons 
• Creation of a new Island
• Movement of Sand Dunes
• Glacier movement time lapse

2.  Convince a fellow student to watch the video by expanding on the following information from the video:

•  Type of landform
• One thing you learned
• One thing you found interesting

3.  Select a second video to watch based on a classmates recommendation and post a comment.  

Goals

Goals for the Landform Unit

1.  We will recognize how landforms such as deltas, canyons, and sand dunes are the result of changes to Earth's surface by wind, water, and ice. 

2.  We will use creativity and innovation when creating our original products.

3.  We will communicate in learning communities.  

KWL Chart

What do you KNOW and WANT to know about landforms?

Label your KNOW statement and your WANT to know statement with the word KNOW or WANT at the beginning of the statement.

For example, WANT- Is the beach a landform?

You may answer any of the WANT to know questions and extend on the KNOW statements.