Earth Science:  Constructive & Destructive Forces

 
This is it!  This is the opening activity for our EARTH SCIENCE unit!!  Watch the video on Georgia's Landforms!!  

Journal Writing Activity:  Now that you've watched the video, choose one of the landforms to write about.  In your journal, write at least one paragraph explaining how you think your chosen landform was formed and how long ago it was formed.


 

S5E1: Students will identify surface features of the Earth caused by constructive and destructive forces.

Big Idea:    Earth has different landforms, or features.  Landforms are made by constructive and destructive forces within and upon the Earth.  Scientists use technology to alter and protect landforms.

  Essential Questions:

 1. What are some examples landforms?

  2. What causes changes to landforms?

  3. How do movements of the crust change landforms?

  4. How do humans change landforms?

 

  VOCABULARY AND TERMS TO KNOW: 

 

Landform
Fault
Topography

Magma

Sand Dune

Lava

Weathering

Volcano

Erosion

Jetty

Delta

Constructive Force

Sink Hole

Destructive Force

Plate Tectonics 

Geologist

Earthquake

Beach Restoration

Epicenter

Flood Control

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Click below for a Power Point Presentation about Earth's Surface Features and Various Earth Science Videos 

 
 

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This map shows the various landforms in the USA.
 

SchoolCenter Picture   Click anywhere on the map to learn more about Georgia landforms! (Thanks to Shiloh Elementary School)

You may download the GA Landforms Travel Brochure Project directions sheet and rubric below.

The project is due on
Click HERE for examples of last year's travel brochures.

 
 


 

Okefenokee Swamp

 

Click Below for Information On Georgia's Geographic Regions

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Click here for info about Stone Mountain


 

Can you explain how Georgia's Stone Mountain was formed? Click on the image learn all about it.


 

Click here for info about Georgia's Little Grand Canyon


 

Can you explain how Georgia's Little Grand Canyon was formed? Click on the image above for information.


 

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Click on the Map Above to Go On a Georgia Landforms Web Quest!!!


 

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Click Above For HSP 5th Grade Science Activities 

Unit A: Earth Science
Chapter 2: Landforms of Georgia
  Types of Volcanoes  

Explore what determines the shape of a volcano.

Extreme Places

Where are the highest, the lowest, the hottest, and the coldest places on Earth? Find Out!

Pompeii: A Visit to Vesuvius

Explore the ancient city of Pompeii. Visit a house, see the art, see Vesuvius erupt, and learn what happened to this ancient Roman city.

What Processes Change Landforms?
Types of Land 2

Get definitions, pictures, and other information for more than 20 different landforms and features--everything from atolls to waterfalls.

Charles Babbage
Agusta Ada Byron King
Edward Lorenz

 

Click HERE For Your Earth Science Readers

(You'll need to scroll down.)

 

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Click here to learn more about Plate Tectonics!


 

Click here to learn about PLATE TECTONICS!