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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Mapping Landforms and Water Bodies: Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 1st
Learn about different landforms and water bodies and the various characteristics that make them distinct from one another in this lesson plan from WGBH. Navigate around a virtual island to unlock information -- including videos and...
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Math Science Nucleus

Math/science Nucleus: Observing Different Landforms

For Teachers K - 1st
Lesson plan with subsequent pages to use with the lesson. Images with landform word match up and additional work on earth modeling.
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eSchool Today

E School Today: Landforms

For Students 4th - 8th
Understand the formation and geology of different landforms around the Earth.
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Rocks and Landforms

For Students 6th - 8th
Eight hands-on lessons module where students learn about rocks and landforms. These inquiry-based investigations explore the different types of rocks, how they are formed, the different types of landforms, and the effects of glaciers on...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Landforms, Rocks & Minerals: Landforms

For Students 3rd - 5th
A slideshow, a karaoke song to sing along to, and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of landforms, some different types, and how they are formed.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Types of Landforms

For Students 4th - 8th
Describes different landform types and their features. includes many good quality photographs.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Mediterranean Sea: Which Types of Landforms Do We Know?

For Students K - 1st
Join Aldo, and learn about many different types of geological landforms.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Earth's Systems Collection: Bringing the Universe to America's Classroom

For Teachers K - 1st
Explore different landforms and bodies of water around the world, observe and map landforms and water features, and practice observation and analysis skills through a virtual landscape and animated adventure in Plum's Island Explorer....
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University of Washington

Iris: Noaa Images: Erosional Landforms

For Students 9th - 10th
Examples, with images, of different types of landforms created by water and wind erosion.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: What Shapes the Land?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
In this lesson, the teacher will read a book about different landforms. The children will learn about the features of the landforms and how they were shaped by natural forces. Then text features will be discussed. The children will then...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Landforms, Rocks & Minerals: Igneous Rocks

For Students 3rd - 5th
A slideshow, a karaoke song to sing along to, and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of igneous rocks, how they are formed, and some different types.
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Other

About France: Climate of France

For Students 9th - 10th
Have a look at how the different landforms throughout the country of France affect its weather and climate patterns. 2010's chaotic weather is highlighted as well.
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Other

Bscs: Earth's Changing Surface Lesson 2: Landform Detectives

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Using relief maps, students will learn that landforms can be different from one place to another. Included are a minute-by-minute lesson plan, activities, and teacher discussion points and questions.
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Other

Bscs: Earth's Changing Surface Lesson 1: Our Land

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
This hands-on lesson focuses on the land and its many different types of landforms and bodies of water. Included are a minute-by-minute lesson plan, activities, and teacher discussion points and questions.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Earth's Systems: Map It

For Students K - 1st
Explore different types of maps and how different things are represented on maps in this media gallery from WGBH. Maps are used to help locate different places and different things. Map symbols are representations of larger things in the...
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Other

Nationmaster: Maps of Australia

For Students 9th - 10th
Twenty-one different maps of Australia.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: How Mountains Are Formed

For Students 4th - 8th
Read about the different types of mountains and how they are formed.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: School Publishers: Types of Land

For Students 3rd - 8th
This clickable map of the United States defines different geographic features such as mountains, plains, islands, and deserts.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Plate Tectonics Intro

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart will take several class periods. This lesson begins to look at how the different landforms are created. There will be two follow up lessons - one on volcanoes and one on mountains.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: An Explanation of How Waterfalls Are Formed

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the processes that cause the formation of waterfalls, examples of waterfalls around the world, and the different types.
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Johns Hopkins University

The Johns Hopkins University: Florida State Maps

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this site from The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory to find out more about Florida's landforms. This website contains several different maps highlighting different geographical features of Florida.
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Johns Hopkins University

The Johns Hopkins University: Colorado State Maps

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, you can look for Colorado landmarks and landforms at this site. You will find several different types of maps at this site. Look for black and white maps and...
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Johns Hopkins University

The Johns Hopkins University: Delaware State Maps

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, you can learn more about the landforms and other geographical features of the state of Delaware. Check out the different map types at this website.
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University of South Florida

University of South Florida: College of Education: Geography

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Definitions of the terms used in geography. Understand different types of landforms, regions, human-environmental relationships, and places.

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