5.7B Changes to Land Student Expectation
Clark 2016-2017
The student is expected to recognize how landforms such as deltas, canyons, and sand dunes are the result of
changes to Earth’s surface by wind, water, and ice.
Essential Questions that students will be asked
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5.7 Overarching Question - In what ways has Earth’s past affected what we experience in the natural
environment?
Essential Question: What are the natural processes that cause the surface of the earth to change?
What are some different forces that can change the Earth’s surface?
How can you describe and identify landforms like deltas, canyons, and sand dunes?
How is wind, water, or ice involved in the formation of these landforms?
Key Concepts that need to be understood to answer essential questions
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Wind, water, and ice can change Earth’s surface.
Sand dunes form when wind-blown sand builds up. Deltas form when water-born sediments are
deposited at the mouths of rivers.
Canyons form when moving water cuts through the Earth’s surface.
12/1/2016- All assignments written on date listed in planner
12/1/2016- HW 5.7B Changes to Land Pre-Assessment in STEMscopes online
12/2/2016- CW 5.7B Changes to Land RFQs pages 47-53
12/5/2016 CW 5.7B Changes to Land Explore Student Journal
12/6/2016 MAP TESTING & Explain Content Connections
CW- 5.7A Formation of Fossil Fuels Reflection assigned
12/7/2016 HW Vocabulary
Landform
Igneous Rock
Delta Canyon
Metamorphic Rock
Sand Dune
Mountains
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition Rock Cycle
Hills Valleys
Plains
Reading- The Changing Surface of Earth
Writing- WRITE about both of these types of changes. What kind of time do you think they take to make the
changes? What differences would the height or speed of the waterfall make? What changes do you think
occur further downstream?
12/7/2016 HW 5.7B Changes to Land Content Connections &
5.7C Alternative Energy Pre-Assessment
12/8/2016 5.7B Changes to Land Post Assessment
5.7A Formation of Fossil Fuels Reflection Due
Student Signature____________________
Parent Signature_____________________
STEMscopedia Reading Focus Questions (page 47-53)
Directions- use supporting details and complete sentences to answer the following questions on your
own piece of notebook paper.
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What is a land form? How do they change? How much time could it take for them to change?
What is a force?
Where does the forces that change the Earth’s surface come from?
Look the picture of the Grand Canyon on page 47. How do you think moving wind, water, and ice helped to
carve the Grand Canyon?
5) What are some example of changes to Earth’s Landforms that take a short amount of time to form?
6) What role does wind, water, or ice play in the formation of the landforms?
a. Deltas
b. Canyons
c. Sand dunes
d. Glacier Created Valley
Paired questions- Chose 2 from the list below.
ABCD-
How does human activities change the land? Give one example from near your home.
In what ways has Earth’s past affected what we experience in the natural environment?
What are the natural processes that cause the surface of the earth to change?
How can you describe and identify the following landforms
Stretch questions- Connect with your child- Student will write a summary of experience answering the following
question. Can also be done as an internet search
e. How has this area of land changed over time?
f. What has caused the changes?
g. What has been the effect of living things of these changes?