This lesson aligns with the Common Core State Standards:

"STANDARD 7 - The Earth

The teacher understands the dynamic nature of the Earth and recognizes that its features and structures result from natural processes. 7E. analyzes and explains large scale dynamic forces, events, and processes that affect the Earth's land, water and atmospheric systems."

PowerPoint lesson I in the "Landforms, Weathering and Erosion" unit. A separate student PowerPoint worksheet is also available.

PowerPoint lessons contain many graphics and links to short videos to further student understanding.

PowerPoint slides also contain notes for the instructor based on students most "frequently asked questions" or FAQ's to help clarify the subject.

A class activity is included at the end of each lesson. A 20-question interactive quiz/review at kahoot.it and a "quizizz" online activity are also included as links in the last slide.

*All PowerPoint lessons; ActivInspire programs; student worksheets/activities and assessments for this unit can be found under the "Earth/Space Complete Unit III Landforms, Weathering, Erosion" folder.

Terms covered in this lesson include:

landforms

plains

coastal plains

Great Plains

Interior plains

erosion

soils

river deposition

plateaus

Colorado Plateau

Grand Canyon

Colorado River

folded mountains

Appalachians

Sideling Hill

upwarped mountains

Adirondacks

Southern Rocky Mountains

Matterhorn

fault-block mountains

Grand Tetons

volcanic mountains

Mauna Loa

Mauna Kea

Keck telescopes

Mt. Everest

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Earth/Space Lesson I PowerPoint "Landforms" by astronomydad is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.