Students will use websites and other resources to find information about the following landforms: mountains, canyons, and valleys.

In this lesson, students learn about major landforms (e.g., mountains, rivers, plains, valleys, canyons and plateaus) and how they occur on the Earth's surface. They learn about the civil and geotechnical engineering applications of...

Beautiful images with a description of what a valley is and how it is formed.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart describes physical characteristics of landforms and bodies of water including mountains, plains, plateaus, valleys, rivers, bays, and lakes.

Facts about Australia's geography, including population, government and economy, largest cities, and landmarks such as the Great Barrier Reef and more.

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...

Detailed geographical information on any country is available at this site. Within the World Map section, you can get facts and figures about each country's geography, demographics, government, political system, flags, historical and...

[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.

This list describes common misconceptions children have about the earth's surface and the scientific explanation for those ideas.

A map showing country boundaries of Europe as they existed in 1888, including major cities, rivers, and landforms. This map highlights the significance of the use of natural boundaries (rivers and mountains) over cadastral (surveyed or...

Physical map of Africa showing major landforms and waterways, including the Atlas Mountains, Mount Kilimanjaro, the Saharan, Libyan, Arabian, and Kalahari Deserts, The Upper and Lower Guinea Coasts, the Congo Basin, Lake Victoria, and...

A black and white relief map of Australia showing mountain and river systems, coastal features, and other landforms.

A physical and political map of Australia and New Zealand in 1916 showing the states, territories, and divisions of Australia, including the commonwealth claims to southeastern New Guinea. This map also shows color-coded elevations from...

A map of Europe showing major mountain ranges, rivers, and other landforms.