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Landforms StudyJam

Classroom Resource Information

Title:

Landforms StudyJam

URL:

http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/rocks-minerals-landforms/landforms.htm

Content Source:

Other
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Type:

Interactive/Game

Overview:

The classroom resource provides a slideshow that will describe a variety of landforms and the processes that formed them. In addition, there is a sing-along video that students can perform karaoke-style that will help them remember the different landforms and the geologic processes that shaped them. After utilizing these two resources, the students can complete the short test to assess their understanding.

Content Standard(s):

Science
SC2015 (2015)
Grade: 4

14 ) Explore information to support the claim that landforms are the result of a combination of constructive forces, including crustal deformation, volcanic eruptions, and sediment deposition as well as a result of destructive forces, including erosion and weathering.

NAEP Framework

NAEP Statement::
E4.3: The surface of Earth changes. Some changes are due to slow processes such as erosion and weathering, and some changes are due to rapid processes such as landslides, volcanic eruptions, and earthquakes.

Unpacked Content

Scientific And Engineering Practices:

Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information

Crosscutting Concepts: Cause and Effect

Disciplinary Core Idea: Earth's Systems

Evidence Of Student Attainment:

Students:

Support the claim that landforms can be the result of a combination of constructive forces, including crustal deformation, volcanic eruptions, and sediment deposition.
Support the claim that landforms can be the result of destructive forces, including weathering and erosion.

Teacher Vocabulary:

landform
crustal deformation
sediment
deposition
erosion
weathering
topography
volcanoes
earthquakes
continental boundaries
trenches
ocean floor structures
constructive forces
destructive forces
eruption
geological processes

Knowledge:

Students know:

Continents and other landforms are continually being shaped and reshaped by competing constructive and destructive geological processes.

Skills:

Students are able to:

Compare and/or combine information across complex texts and/or other reliable sources to support the claim that landforms are the result of both constructive and destructive forces.

Understanding:

Students understand that:

Changes in Earth's surface are caused by both constructive and destructive forces.

AMSTI Resources:

AMSTI Module:
Water and Landforms

Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards

AAS Standard:
SCI.AAS.4.14- Identify relationships between landforms and both constructive (volcanic eruptions and sediment deposition) and deconstructive (erosion and weathering) forces

Tags:

constructive, deposition, destructive, erosion, landforms, sediment, topography, weathering

License Type:

Custom Permission Type
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Accessibility

Audio resources: includes a transcript or subtitles

Comments

The karaoke version of the song provides lyrics that can be viewed on the screen or be printed.

There is a printable available that includes all of the information presented on the slide show along with the corresponding pictures.

The test may be completed as a whole group or independently on student devices.

This resource provided by:

Author:

Hannah Bradley

ALEX Classroom Resource

Landforms StudyJam