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Rapid Processes Change Landforms: Lesson Concept Rapid Processes, Such As Volcanic Eruptions, Earthquakes

This lesson teaches students about how rapid processes can quickly change landforms. Students learn about volcanic eruptions by watching a video of Mount St. Helens and analyzing before and after images. They also examine images showing how earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis and wind have altered landforms. To demonstrate how earthquakes can cause rapid change, students build a model out of paper cups that they then simulate an earthquake with by rolling it on a plate with ping pong balls. The goal is for students to understand that rapid processes dramatically reshape landforms in a very short period of time.

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Rapid Processes Change Landforms: Lesson Concept Rapid Processes, Such As Volcanic Eruptions, Earthquakes

This lesson teaches students about how rapid processes can quickly change landforms. Students learn about volcanic eruptions by watching a video of Mount St. Helens and analyzing before and after images. They also examine images showing how earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis and wind have altered landforms. To demonstrate how earthquakes can cause rapid change, students build a model out of paper cups that they then simulate an earthquake with by rolling it on a plate with ping pong balls. The goal is for students to understand that rapid processes dramatically reshape landforms in a very short period of time.

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Rapid Processes Change Landforms

Lesson Concept Rapid processes, such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes,


landslides, tsunamis, and severe wind, quickly change landforms.

Link Initial lesson after pre-assessment.

Time 60 minutes

Materials Whole class


Powerpoint-presentation: Rapid Processes Change Landforms
Video-clip: Rapid Processes Change Landforms Mount St. Helen’s
Eruption
Per Group (groups of 2-4)
10 ping-pong balls
2 paper plates
10 paper cups
Prezi: Rapid Processes Change Landforms (display on iPad)
Image Set (flooded area, landslide, volcanic eruption, tsunami,
severe wind)
Individual
Event, Before and After Worksheet
Science Notebook
Advance
preparation 1. Access Prezi.com to download and preview
http://prezi.com/spnye_rhqt_d/science-matters-rapid-
processes-change-landforms/or use the Powerpoint-
Presentation: Rapid Processes Change Landforms.

Teacher Note: Display the Prezi or Powerpoint-presentation one slide at a time instead
of preparing image sets for Explore #2.

Procedure:
Engage (5 minutes) Rapid processes (landslides) quickly change
landforms.
1. Display slides 2 and 3 of the Prezi or Powerpoint. These are images of the La
Conchita landslide area before the landslide. Have students describe what they
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see in the image. [Expected Student Response (ESR): I see a hill, a road, and
houses.] Record student observations.
2. Display slides 4-6 of the Prezi or Powerpoint. These are images of the La Conchita
landslide area after the landslide. Have students describe what they see in these
images. Have students compare their observations of the area before and after the
landslide. Have students describe the changes to the area. Have students
describe how they know the hill changed. [(ESR): The land has moved. The land
slid down the hill. The houses are under the land. The road moved.]
3. Ask students if the landslide was a slow change or a rapid change. Accept all
responses.

Teacher Note: Students may want to share personal experiences with the La Conchita
landslide. Allow additional time for students to share experiences. Students may notice
the red hillside, this is due to the photograph, the hill was not red. Students may also
notice the arrow and the car. Use the size of the car to note the scale of the hill.

Explore (20 minutes) Rapid processes (volcanic eruptions) quickly


change landforms.
4. Display the Video-clip: Rapid Processes Change Landforms Mount St. Helen’s
Eruption. Have students observe the mountain before and after the eruption. Ask
students to describe the change(s) that occurred to the mountain (landform) as a
result of the eruption. [(ESR): The volcanic eruption blew out the side of the
mountain. The trees were knocked down as a result of the blast. There was ash
everywhere. The mountain was shorter/lost height after the eruption.]
5. Have students describe how the mountain changed as a result of the eruption.
Explore (10 minutes) Rapid processes (volcanic eruptions,
earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis, and severe wind) quickly
change landforms.
6. Distribute an Image Set to each group.
7. Ask each group to view the before and after photos of the volcanic eruptions,
landslide, earthquake, tsunamis, and tornados.
8. Have students describe the differences between the landforms in the before and
after images.
Teacher Note: If you have enough iPads in the classroom for each group, the Prezi may
be downloaded prior to the lesson. Students may independently view the images via the
Prezi as they would if they had copies of the images.

Explain (10 minutes) Rapid processes (volcanic eruptions,


earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis, and severe wind) quickly
change landforms.

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9. Distribute the Event, Before and After Worksheet. Have students recall the before
and after pictures of landforms from the Image Set. Ask students to write their
descriptions into the “before and after” rectangles adjacent to the name of the
event.  
Extend (10 minutes) Rapid processes (earthquakes) quickly change
landforms.
10. Distribute paper plates, ping-pong balls, and paper cups.

11. Ask students to build a paper cup tower inside of a paper plate.

12. Have each group place 10 ping-pong balls inside a second plate.

13. Place the plate with the tower on top of the ping-pong ball plate.

14. Have the students simulate an earthquake by rolling the tower plate on the ping-
pong ball plate.

15. Have students think-pair-share a response to the following question: How does the
earthquake simulation represent a rapid change? [(ESR): The toppling cups
represent the rapid change that occurs during an earthquake.]

Evaluate (5 minutes) Rapid processes quickly change landforms.


16. Have students use an exit card to respond to the following prompt: Select a
landform. Select one of the rapid processes that quickly change the landform.
Describe how you know that the landform changed. [(ESR): I know the ________
(landform) changed because _________________. (The student descriptions
include the name of the landform and a description of the before and after
condition of the landform).]

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