It's Not a Ford...It's a Fjord! Learning Landforms and Bodies of Water through Word Association

GeoLiteracy
Lesson Plan Content
Description: 
In this lesson, students will learn various landforms and bodies of water, increasing their geographic vocabulary, as well as, identifying and locating the world's landforms and bodies of water on a map.
Author: 
Barbara Martin
Grade Range: 
6-8
Duration: 
2 class periods
Lesson Materials
Teacher Instructions: 
application/pdf iconTeacher Instructions
Student Materials: 
application/pdf iconStudent Worksheets, Assessments, and Answer Keys
application/pdf iconStudent Example
image/jpeg iconGlacier Bay, Alaska Fjords
image/jpeg iconSouth Pacific Atoll
image/jpeg iconMississippi River Delta
Supplemental Files: 
image/jpeg iconDeath Valley, California Basin
image/jpeg iconTeton Mountains, Wyoming
image/jpeg iconRio de la Plata Estuary, South America
image/jpeg iconGreat Barrier Reef, Australia
image/jpeg iconStrait of Gibralter
Materials to Assist Teachers and English Language Learners: 
application/pdf iconTeacher Instructions with ELL Adapatations
application/pdf iconStudent Worksheets and Assessments for ELL Lesson
application/pdf iconVocabulary Cards
application/vnd.ms-powerpoint iconPower Point Presentation
image/jpeg iconCordillera in Western North America
image/jpeg iconMauna Loa, Hawaii Volcano
image/jpeg iconYellowstone River Waterfall
image/jpeg iconSalt Flat (Salt Playa), Death Valley, California
image/jpeg iconWadi in Egypt
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Audio-Visual Presentation of this Lesson
Standards
Arizona Geography Concepts: 
1: The World in Spatial Terms
2: Places and Regions
National Geography Standards: 
4: The physical and human characteristics of places