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Better Lesson: Making a Landform Model Lesson PlanBetter Lesson: Making a Landform Model Lesson Plan
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Better Lesson: Making a Landform Model

Curated by ACT

In the NGSS, one of the performance expectations is for the children to develop a model to represent the shapes and kinds of land and bodies of water in an area. In the science practices, the children also must develop and use models. This lesson will help them understand that process. Video clips of the student's explaining their models are included.

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bodies of water, landforms

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional

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