Students are working on individual weathering/erosion/deposition posters that are due on Monday, March 3.
Weathering,
Erosion and Deposition Poster
Weathering, erosion and deposition
shape our Earth. These forces break down, move and build up our
land. You are going to make a poster that illustrates landforms
created by weathering, erosion and deposition.
I. You will create a 3-part poster.
This will be made by tracing a circle onto a roll of paper and
cutting out that circle. Then you will divide the circle as shown
below.
II. Your poster will have 3 sections on
the front. Each section will have an illustration of landforms
caused by weathering, deposition and erosion. Each section must
the underlined landform in each section plus one additional landform.
Section 1- Waves and Wind
Dunes, beach, spit, bay and barrier
island
Section 2- Running Water
Oxbow lake, v-shaped valley, delta and
meander
Section 3- Glacier
Horn, glacial lake, moraine, cirque,
u-shaped valley
These landforms must be illustrated and
colored with colored pencils or crayons. Neatness, accuracy and
creativity counts!
III. On the back of your poster, you
will list and define all of the above landforms You should have 14
landform definitions. The back of the poster should also list definitions for weathering, erosion and deposition AND explain the relationship among the three.
A grade checklist was provided to each student. Points will be issued for each required element in addition to neatness, completeness and creativity.
MATH
We will spend most of the spring learning about fractions. The students are decomposing and recomposing fractions as they learn how fractions work. They seem to have a handle on equivalent fractions and are beginning to grasp comparing fractions. A huge discussion was had about what a "good" answer looks like as well as what it takes to write a better or even best answer-lots of explanation and evidence!
