Science Lesson Tuesday, February 28

1. Videos and questions

2. STAAR Writing Prompt

Today's To-Do List

I will be able to identify and describe different types of landforms, including deltas, canyons, valleys, and sand dunes, and explain how they are formed.

Learning Goal

SCIENCE Review:

5.7A Changes to the Land

Multiple Choice

Which river created the Grand Canyon?

• Colorado River

• Mississippi River

• Amazon River

Multiple Choice

What process wore down the mountains that used to stand where the Grand Canyon is now?

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Deposition

Dropdown

The Grand Canyon used to be covered in ​

Select answer

?

Dropdown

The Colorado River was created by ​ ​

Select answer

from the ​

Select answer

Multiple Choice

The Grand Canyon continues to get bigger and is still currently changing.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which agent of erosion is most responsible for the formation of Canyons?

• WIND

• WATER

• ICE

Reorder

How do glaciers shape the landscape?

Reorder the items below to show the correct process.

• Glaciers pick up material through the process of erosion.

• Glaciers transport eroded material as they flow downhill.

• As glaciers melt they leave behind sediments through the process of deposition.

• Melted ice from glaciers continue to flow downstream and join rivers and eventually oceans.

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2

3

4

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Drag and Drop

Glaciers form ​

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that only exist on the ​ ​

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places on Earth.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

U-Shaped Valleys

coldest

warmest

hottest

V-Shaped Valleys

Canyons

Reorder

What is the process of freeze-thaw weathering

• Water flowing at the bottom of a glacier seeps into the rock below.

• The water freezes.

• The frozen water opens up cracks in the rock.

• The rock breaks.

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2

3

4

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Multiple Choice

Which agent of erosion is most responsible for the formation of U-Shaped Valleys?

• WIND

• WATER

• ICE

Multiple Choice

Where does the sand that forms the coastal sand dunes originate from?

• the ocean

• Home Depot

• mountains that are miles away

• a nearby forest

Labelling

Label the following diagram of a coastal sand dune.

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

wind

bowl

ocean

sand

Multiple Choice

Which agent of erosion is most responsible for the formation of Sand Dunes?

• WIND

• WATER

• ICE

You have finished the Video Review and Questions

You will now answer 4 short response writing questions.

Make sure you answer in complete sentences. Your response should be written at a 5th grade level.

Open Ended

Analyze the image to the left.

What type of landform is this? Describe how this landform forms.

Be sure to include the different processes involved. Write in complete sentences. Your response must be at least 4 sentences.

Open Ended

Analyze the image to the left.

What type of landform is this? Describe how this landform forms.

Be sure to include the different processes involved. Write in complete sentences. Your response must be at least 4 sentences.

Open Ended

Analyze the image to the left.

What type of landform is this? Describe how this landform forms.

Be sure to include the different processes involved. Write in complete sentences. Your response must be at least 4 sentences.

Open Ended

Analyze the image to the left.

What type of landform is this? Describe how this landform forms.

Be sure to include the different processes involved. Write in complete sentences. Your response must be at least 4 sentences.