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Geographic Landforms
Each slide is a simple notebook page with one landform in blue and its definition in red. There are 26 vocabulary terms in all, some you may want to use, and others easily hidden. It is recommended that you add photos or other graphic...
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Changing Landforms
Learners investigate different types of landforms. In this landforms lesson, students explore landforms by participating in a WebQuest. Learners research the reasons behind landforms changing and create a picture using KidPix.
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Weather and Climate
Students identify the words plain and climate and discuss what would happen if it never rained. Students identify and interpret the weather in Poland and create a web illustrating various weather patterns. Students write a 4-line poem...
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Landscape Picture Map: Natural Features
Students discover six landscapes. In this natural features lesson, students review the meaning and examples of natural features. Students use a landscape picture map to identify six natural features.
University of California
University of California, Santa Barbara/abyssal Hills
This article, published in Nature magazine, gives a detailed account of the abyssal plain feature called abyssal hills.
Other
Plateaus and Plains
What is the difference between a plateau and a plain? The website explains the characteristics of plains and plateaus as well as provides some helpful pictures.
Institute of Marine Science
Forsea: If I Can't See It, How Do I Know It's There?
A diagram showing features of the seafloor and a laboratory experiment involving a model of the seafloor highlight this site. This is a good resource for teachers as well.
Other
Whitman College: Deep Sea Pages
Descriptions and pictures of creatures that live at abyssal depths and on the abyssal plains of the world ocean. Link to other sites.
Quia
Quia: A Feast of Homonyms
Test your knowledge on Homonyms by using "Matching, Concentration, Flashcards, or Word Search." Site by Quia.com.
eSchool Today
E School Today: Landforms
Understand the formation and geology of different landforms around the Earth.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: North China Plain
This Encyclopedia Britannica site provides information on the North China Plain.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: School Publishers: Types of Land: Plains
A picture and brief explanation of a plain.
China State Council Information Office and the China International Publishing Group
Travel in China: The Plains
A very informative look at the Plains of China.
Other
Ihm School: Landforms
Student created reports on landforms. Each landform has a brief description and an example. Pictures accompany the reports. Learn more about the landforms that shape our world.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Ch'iang T'ang
This site from Britannica.com provides a short description of the Ch'iang-t'ang plains in China. The article is only available in full through a subscription.
Other
Central Macedonia
Provides a brief description of the geography of Macedonia in Greece, including its famous fertile plains.
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Landforms
Student created reports on landforms. Each landform has a brief description and an example. Pictures accompany the reports. Learn more about the landforms that shape our world.
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Plains
This site from the Southern Kings Consolidated School offering an simple but informative description of plains. See neat pictures and learn new information.
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Plains
This site from the Southern Kings Consolidated School offering an simple but informative description of plains. See neat pictures and learn new information.