Working Reference Sets: Landforms

Big Idea

Wind, water, and ice change
the shape of the land.

Content

• major local landforms
• local First Peoples knowledge of local landforms

observable changes in the local environment caused by erosion and deposition by wind, water, and ice

Inquiry Questions

Wind, water, and ice change the shape of the land.

• How is the shape of the land changed by environmental factors?
• What are landforms?

What landforms do you have in your local area?

landforms: mountains, hills, plateaus, valleys, riverbeds, deltas, glaciers, etc.; oral narrative about landforms

Subtitle

https://www.worldbookonline.com/kids/home#article/ar840220 read introductory article and then click on more information and play game. 

http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/5wdgm0 : cave below a glacier

https://www.getepic.com/collection/375903/landforms

A collection of books about various landforms

https://www.worldbookonline.com/kids/home#article/ar830742 : world book article on glaciers

https://www.worldbookonline.com/kids/home#article/ar832104 Valleys basic definition

https://www.worldbookonline.com/kids/home#article/ar830742 : world book article on glaciers

https://www.worldbookonline.com/kids/home#article/ar832104 Valleys basic definition

Science Power

https://www.worldbookonline.com/sciencepower/lesson?lessonid=sci1-landformse-840049

A seies of lessons with a read aloud option.