Peninsula
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Map view of Florida.
Student Application
Take a ride in a traveling machine to learn about the form and function of landforms.
Learning Objectives
- Students will know that a landform is the shape of the surface of the land.
- Students will identify continents as the main areas of land on the earth.
- Students will understand that a mountain is a landform with steep sides and a high elevation. Some of the mountain ranges in North America are the Rocky Mounta...
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Supporting Activities
- Before viewing the video
- Anticipatory Set: Show the class a globe. Have the children identify: ocean, river, continent, lake, island, and peninsula. The landforms shown on the video are: mountain, hill, valley, river, lake, gulf, island, volcano, harbor, bay peninsula, desert, plateau, canyo...
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- Anticipatory Set: Show the class a globe. Have the children identify: ocean, river, continent, lake, island, and peninsula. The landforms shown on the video are: mountain, hill, valley, river, lake, gulf, island, volcano, harbor, bay peninsula, desert, plateau, canyo...
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Peninsula
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Asset: Peninsula
Student Application
Take a journey to discover how physical weathering, chemical weathering, and erosion occur on the surface of the land.
Learning Objectives
- Students will know that landforms are the shape of the land on the surface of the earth. Mountains, hills, plateaus, basins, and valleys are examples of landforms.
- Students will realize that landforms are constantly changing. Some of these changes occur because of actions below the surface of the earth. For example, magma can er...
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Supporting Activities
- Give each student a piece of white paper (larger than 8 1/2 X 11) and some coloring utensils. Ask the students to fold the paper in half (not lengthwise if the paper is not square). Ask each student to choose an example from the video of weathering, erosion, and/or deposition. Then have him draw a picture on one side of the paper showing what the l...
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