| LANDFORMS
COURSE MATRIX |
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INTERDISCIPLINARY
EXTENSIONS |
FOSS
SCIENCE STORIES |
TECHNOLOGY/HOME
CONNECTION |
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1. |
SCHOOLYARD
MODELS |
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Language
Extensions
• Discuss models.
• Describe routes, including fire-escape routes.
Math Extensions
• Problem of the week.
• Make proportional drawings.
Science and Social Studies Extensions
• Read other maps.
• Create a permanent model.
• Find school-site plans.
• Plan the perfect school. |
See the
Science Stories folio.
• Maps and How They Are Made
• Ancient Maps |
www.fossweb.com
Check the FOSS website for interactive simulations, to write
questions to a scientist, for teaching tips, and to talk with
other classes using FOSS.
Home/School Connection: Students draw a map of all or part
of their home and mark fire-escape routes.
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2. |
STREAM
TABLES |
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Language
Extensions
• Describe the stream-table landforms.
• Discuss landform expressions.
Math Extension
• Problem of the week.
Social Studies Extensions
• Where did the Grand Canyon filler go?
• Research big rivers.
Science Extensions
• Go on a 15-minute field trip.
• Research the local water system. |
See the
Science Stories folio.
• Real People in the Grand Canyon |
Home/School
Connection: Students begin an inventory of landforms they observe
in their community and during their other travels. |
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3. |
GO
WITH THE FLOW |
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Language
Extensions
• Write a stream haiku.
• Prepare a report for a scientific conference.
Math Extensions
• Problem of the week.
• How much is a million?
Science Extensions
• Take stream-table photos.
• Use overlay grid to map the stream table.
• Plan a field trip.
• Find a local erosion-control expert. |
See the
Science Stories folio.
• Rivers and Controlling the Flow
• Shapes of the Earth |
Home/School
Connection: Students collect information about landforms in
the news. |
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4. |
BUILD
A MOUNTAIN |
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Language
Extension
• Write for more maps.
Math Extension
• Problem of the week.
Art and Social Studies Extensions
• Draw people profiles.
• Collect topographic maps from other places.
Science Extensions
• Find out what surveyors do.
• Construct other profiles. |
See the
Science Stories folio.
• The Story of Mt. Shasta
• Topographic Maps |
Home/School Connection: Students identify landforms on a
local highway map and plan a trip to a landform.
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5. |
BIRD'S
EYE VIEW |
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Language
Extensions
• Design a national-park tour package.
• Write about climbing Mt. Shasta.
Math Extension
• Problem of the week.
Science and Social Studies Extensions
• Use an atlas; list maps and their uses.
• Study a U.S. landforms orthophoto.
• Create aerial photographs.
• Draw a local landform map.
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See the
Science Stories folio.
• Aerial Photography
• National Parks
• The Eye of the Needle |
Home/School Connection: Students will need extra time at
home to work on presenting their projects to the class.
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