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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Forces That Change the Land

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students will use websites and other resources to find information about the following landforms: mountains, canyons, and valleys.
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Other

Bscs: Student Ideas About Earth's Changing Surface

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
This list describes common misconceptions children have about the earth's surface and the scientific explanation for those ideas.
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Scholastic

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

For Students 3rd - 5th
A video and a short multiple-choice quiz on earthquakes, how they form, how they are measured, and the ways they can change the surface of the Earth.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Hurricane Matthew Causes Weathering and Erosion

For Students 3rd - 5th
View videos and photos from the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew and see how the earth's landforms changed as a result of the heavy winds and rain. Weathering and erosion made a new landform and dramatically changed the coastline....
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Other

Tulane University: Physical Geology: Glaciers and Glaciation

For Students 9th - 10th
Lots of information here about glaciation, types of glaciers, the formation of glacial ice, changes in glacier size, how glaciers move, glacial erosion, landforms produced by glaciers, glacial deposition and drift, effects of glaciation...
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National Snow and Ice Data Center

National Snow and Ice Data Center: All About Glaciers

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive information about glaciers. Tells about the life of a glacier, how they form, how they impact the surrounding areas, and what happens when glaciers stop growing. Includes a photo gallery, and links to scientific research on...
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Quia

Quia: Geography World: Landform Concentration

For Students 3rd - 8th
Play this fun game of Geography Concentration to practice your geography vocabulary and increase learning. After each game the cards change and new words and definitions are introduced. Users must enable JavaScript.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Second Grade Science: The Grand Canyon

For Students 2nd
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses how the flow of water can cause great changes, such as creating the Grand Canyon.

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