Curated OER
Gingerbread Baby's Home #1
Learners are read the book "Gingerbread Baby". They work together to create a home for the baby in the story. They use clues from the story to help them build the house.
Curated OER
Weather the Storm
Fourth graders complete multi-curricular activities for weather. In this weather instructional activity, 4th graders complete creative writing, research, and weather data analysis activities for the instructional activity.
Curated OER
Landslides
Students study a natural disaster. In this landslides facts lesson, students discover how and why landslides happen and how they have an effect on people. They discuss this information as a class and then work in small groups to create...
Curated OER
Wright Brothers Centennial: North Carolina, Geography and History
Fourth graders identify symbols, people and events associated with North Carolina history. Using this information, they focus on the Wright brothers and their first flight. They answer questions related to the event and discuss how...
Curated OER
Canada Geography PowerPoint
Students create a PowerPoint about Canadian geography or history. In this Canada lesson, students spend two days researching their Canadian topic in the library and online. They create a PowerPoint presentation and add pictures taken...
Curated OER
Cruising the Caribbean
Seventh graders create four postcards that illustrate an island on the Caribbean.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Mediterranean Sea: Which Types of Landforms Do We Know?
Join Aldo, and learn about many different types of geological landforms.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Types of Landforms
Describes different landform types and their features. includes many good quality photographs.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Rocks and Landforms
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...
Other
Landforms
The education department of Prince Edward Island has a great page with information pertaining to landforms. Starting with a definition, it then moves to the specific types like valleys, mountains, plateaus, etc.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Landforms, Rocks & Minerals: Landforms
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.
Other
Didactalia: Mapas Interactivos: Physical Relief of Mexico
Explore the map of Mexico and try to identify the types of landforms. Available in multiple languages.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Volcanic Landforms
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Lava and magma create many types of landforms.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Volcanic Landforms
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Lava and magma create many types of landforms.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: School Publishers: Types of Land
This clickable map of the United States defines different geographic features such as mountains, plains, islands, and deserts.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Landforms From Erosion and Deposition Study Guide
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Summarizes the key points about the six types of erosion and deposition that create Earth's landforms. Includes a few questions to check for understanding.
University of Washington
Iris: Noaa Images: Erosional Landforms
Examples, with images, of different types of landforms created by water and wind erosion.
University of South Florida
University of South Florida: College of Education: Geography
Definitions of the terms used in geography. Understand different types of landforms, regions, human-environmental relationships, and places.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Landforms in Tropical Rainforests
Describes five types of landforms found in a tropical rainforest.
Math Science Nucleus
Math/science Nucleus: Observing Different Landforms
Lesson plan with subsequent pages to use with the lesson. Images with landform word match up and additional work on earth modeling.
Science Struck
Science Struck: How Mountains Are Formed
Read about the different types of mountains and how they are formed.
Other
Tulane University: Physical Geology: Glaciers and Glaciation
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...
Other
Bscs: Earth's Changing Surface Lesson 1: Our Land
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.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Landforms, Rocks & Minerals: Soil
A slideshow and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of soil and its importance to living things.