The+Earth+-+Landforms

Grade 3 : Standard 7 – The Earth =Landforms= by Kim Hollis, Third Grade Teacher St. Bethlehem Elementary School

TN State Standard: GLE 0307.7.1 Use information and illustrations to identify the earth’s major landforms and water bodies.

Note: Lesson is designed to be used as a collaborated activity between students to learn and share knowledge about landforms after teacher has taught lesson on landforms and how to use PowerPoint.

Websites: [|www.mcwdn.org/MAPS&GLOBES/LandForms.html] []

Landform Game: from jc-schools.net/PPTs-la.html

Game Cards:

Materials:
 * computer/PowerPoint Program
 * related classroom books and/or library books
 * science textbook
 * model classroom to display/share
 * sample PPT
 * [[file:Geogfeatures.ppt]]
 * rubric:
 * [[file:PPT Rubric.pdf]]
 * list of landform vocabulary words with definitions
 * [[file:Landform Terms with Definitions.doc]]

TSW: will use a rubric and work with a partner or alone to create a PowerPoint presentation to demonstrate their knowledge of landforms. They will incorporate pictures using the web and/or from a teacher created folder already placed upon desktop. They will also add text for definition along with using the terms in a sentences to show knowledge of landforms. The finished product will be shared with the class. There are several types of landforms located around the world. Landforms can include canyons, island, rivers, plains, oceans, plateaus, rainforest, tundras, deserts, forest, grasslands, waterfalls, reefs, mountains, and volcanoes, as well as others. A sample PowerPoint is attached to be viewed and discussed before allowing the students to begin on their project.
 * Students who finish early can play the Landform Board Game