This lesson plan introduces 5th grade students to how Earth's surface changes over time through constructive and destructive processes like weathering and erosion. Students will observe images and videos of landforms like the Grand Canyon to understand how they form. Activities include modeling a mountain and watching how water erosion changes its shape, identifying rivers and their paths on maps, and constructing a foldable defining key terms. The goal is for students to understand surface features are caused by various geological processes and to construct arguments supported by evidence and observations.
This lesson plan introduces 5th grade students to how Earth's surface changes over time through constructive and destructive processes like weathering and erosion. Students will observe images and videos of landforms like the Grand Canyon to understand how they form. Activities include modeling a mountain and watching how water erosion changes its shape, identifying rivers and their paths on maps, and constructing a foldable defining key terms. The goal is for students to understand surface features are caused by various geological processes and to construct arguments supported by evidence and observations.
This lesson plan introduces 5th grade students to how Earth's surface changes over time through constructive and destructive processes like weathering and erosion. Students will observe images and videos of landforms like the Grand Canyon to understand how they form. Activities include modeling a mountain and watching how water erosion changes its shape, identifying rivers and their paths on maps, and constructing a foldable defining key terms. The goal is for students to understand surface features are caused by various geological processes and to construct arguments supported by evidence and observations.
This lesson plan introduces 5th grade students to how Earth's surface changes over time through constructive and destructive processes like weathering and erosion. Students will observe images and videos of landforms like the Grand Canyon to understand how they form. Activities include modeling a mountain and watching how water erosion changes its shape, identifying rivers and their paths on maps, and constructing a foldable defining key terms. The goal is for students to understand surface features are caused by various geological processes and to construct arguments supported by evidence and observations.
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K5 Science Endorsement GPS Lesson Plan
Title Landforms – how did they get there?
Teacher(s) Kelly Barrere E-mail [email protected] School Euharlee Elementary Lesson Title Changes on Earth’s surface Grade Level 5th grade Concepts(s) Earth’s surface changing by weathering Targeted and erosion Performance Expectation – The students will be able to construct and argument based on observations and supported by scientific evidence to identify surface features as being caused by constructive and/or destructive processes.
Practice (Content) 1. Asking questions S5E1The student will obtain, Compare and contrast 2. Construct an Evaluate and communicate argument information to identify Cause and effect surface features on the Earth 3. Developing and caused by constructive Important places in U.S. using models and/or destructive -Grand Canyon (Social processes. Studies), Mississippi River (and other rivers)
Map skills (Geography)
Georgia Performance Standards - S5E1. obtain, Evaluate and communicate
information to identify surface features on the Earth caused by constructive and/or destructive processes. b. Develop simple interactive models to collect data that illustrate how changes in surface features are/were caused by constructive and/or destructive processes. SS5G1 Locate important places in the United States Safety Considerations –
Students must wear safety glasses
*Phenomena: Show students a picture of the Grand Canyon (Tech book) Question: Has the Grand Canyon always been there? Has the Grand Canyon always had the shape is does now? *Show students video (Grand Canyon) from discoveryeducation.com tech book. *Have students answer “What do you know about how landforms are formed?” on dashboard. *Have students use Whiteboard tool in techbook to draw a mountain. Tell students to show what they thing the mountain will look like in 100 years. * The students will fill in a circle graph showing the area of Earth’s surface in Science journal. The students will identify how much of the Earth’s surface is salt water, how much is fresh water, and how much is land. *The students will identify location of the Grand Canyon and Mississippi River on a physical map of the United States, mark and label on map for interactive journal. This map will be a resource for the year as we will add important places throughout the year.
*Mystery Science: Work of Water: If you Floated down a river, Where would you end up? helps students develop the idea that water is a powerful force that reshapes the earth’s surface. Students see that water isn’t just something we drink. It carries sand to create beaches, carves out canyons and valleys and, as ice, scrapes entire areas flat. The students will Look at map in Atlas (SS text pages A12, A13 and student world atlas pages 64 &65) and will observe where they see rivers. Discuss rivers all ending at ocean. Where do they start? The students will construct a model of a mountain with a piece of paper and color the “peaks” blue with a thick, washable marker. As water is sprayed on model, the students will watch where the water goes. Look at Atlas again. Does is look like rivers start where mountain ranges/mountains or high areas are? Students will answer questions from investigation in journal.
*Show students video – “How Was the Grand Canyon Formed?” (Youtube)
*W-E-D foldable for journal (description, picture, example for weathering, erosion, deposition). Point out key words weathering – breaking apart, erosion – carrying away. SEDIMENT is what is deposited! Extension Activities (may do’s): ~Read small book “Earth’s Surface” alone or with partner: activity on p. 25 for extra credit ~Research (print picture and do write-up) for concept/question board in room. ~Brainpop- weathering, erosion ~USGS streamer website https://txpub.usgs.gov to find rivers, streams in Cartersville, Euharlee and see if they can find where water originates from and what ocean it ends up in.
Documentation of Resources – Discoveryeducation Science Techbook, white
paper, blue markers, spray bottle with water, paper towels, Mystery Science, map of Georgia, map of the U.S.
