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The document outlines a lesson plan for 4th graders focused on analyzing Earth's features and landforms. It includes objectives, vocabulary, activities like Hangman and quizzes, and descriptions of various landforms such as mountains, valleys, and oceans. Additionally, it discusses the movement of tectonic plates and their relation to geological features like earthquakes and volcanoes.

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Map earths features

The document outlines a lesson plan for 4th graders focused on analyzing Earth's features and landforms. It includes objectives, vocabulary, activities like Hangman and quizzes, and descriptions of various landforms such as mountains, valleys, and oceans. Additionally, it discusses the movement of tectonic plates and their relation to geological features like earthquakes and volcanoes.

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4th

Grade

Map earths
features

MRS. Haya almomani


Lesson 1: Map Earths Features
Objective: We will analyze data to describe patterns in
landforms

Agenda:
You will need:

 Hangman Will
- Science book
 Introduction(6)
 Map earth s
features)
 vocabulary(12)
 Inquiry Activity
 Rally Quiz
Hangman

A diagrammatic
representation of an
area of land or sea

__ __ __
A picture is worth a thousand
words
What are Landforms??
Shapes of lands on Earth.
Describe the picture
Communication activity
Describe the different
land shapes Mountain
Hill
Valley
Canyon
Plain
Plateau
Dessert
Beach
Dune
Ocean
Coast
River
Lake
Delta
Inlet
What patterns can you
find in the locations of 01
earth features? (7)

Why is the map shaded in multiple colors?


Do other countries have similar patterns?
vocabulary
Landforms Volcano Earthquake plate
topographic
map

Describe the photos? _______


The land forms

Physical features on Earth’s


surface (shape, size)
Mountain
A landform that rises high above the Earth’s surface.
(the highest part of the land).
Hill
Lower in Hight than
mountains
Valley
Low land between hills or
mountains
Canyon
● Deep valley with high
steep sides
Plain

●A wide,
flat area
Plateau
● A flat land that
is higher than
the land around it
Desert

Area with very


little
precipitation.
Dune

●Mound of
sand
Beach
●The land along
the edge of a
body of water
Ocean
●A large body
of saltwater
Coast
Where a body of
water meets
land.
River
● Nature body of
moving water
Lake
● Body of water
surrounded by
land
Delta
A mass of land
that forms at the
mouth of a river
Inlet

●Narrow body of
water off a larger
body of water
Rally Quiz (12)

rms are n ea r
What landfo
you?

Mountains, valley,
and plains
Pop Question!

Which landform is shown in


the picture?

A. Valley
B. Desert
C. Ocean
Pop Question!

Which landform is shown in


the picture?

A. Valley
B. Desert
C. Ocean
Earth ocean features

A large body of saltwater


Make up more than 70
percent of the earth’s
surface
What under the Ocean??
Rally Quiz (14)

o y o u t h i n k the
How d ff er
o r m i gh t d i
ocean flo c e?
c e an s u r fa
from the o
The ocean surface
appears flat, but
there are many
features on the
ocean floor.
A continent
a Large landmass
The continent shelf (the ocean floor) is covered by
shallow water and gradually slopes down
continental slope the point where a sharp download
slope begins(this land is the steeper part)
At the base of the continental slope is the continental rise
that connects the continent with the ocean floor
An abyssal plain is a very flat area of the deep
ocean floor (covering about 60% of the earth’s
surface
Long mountains stretch through the middle of some
oceans these mountains are called mid-oceans-ridges

The valley down the center of a mid-ocean ridge is called a rift valley.
Trenches are the deepest part of the ocean
floor they are usually long and narrow
A seamount is an underwater that rises from the
ocean floor but stops before it reaches the
surface of the ocean.
Match the letters with the correct ocean
feature.

A ____Contine
B ntal shelf

____Seamou
nt

C D
____Trench

____Abyssal
The abyssal plain
Mid-ocean ridges and
seamount
Rally Quiz (14)

fl a tte s t p a r t
What is the ( 14 )
ea n fl o o r ?
of the oc
The abyssal plain is
the flattest part of
the ocean.
Rally Quiz (15)

h o c ea n fl o o r
Whic
a re u n d e r w a ter
features
mountains?
Mid-ocean ridges
and seamounts
Map Earths features(16)
They are many different types of
maps

Physical maps Topographic map


The physical maps show the
features of the earth’s land
water mountains, dessert,
and plains

Some physical maps


use lines or shading to
represent changes in
elevation (the height
of the land above sea
level)
A map that uses
shading to show
elevations is
called a relief map
A topographic map
(shows the elevation
of an area using a
line, each line is
labeled with a
number)
February 2023 S.B
pages 16-17
Types of Maps

Relief Map Topographic Map


Uses shading and lines to show elevations. Uses Contour lines only to show
elevations.
Our puzzle planet
Gallery
Earth has an outer layer of solid rock
called the crust
The crust is broken into very large
pieces called plates

The plates fit


together like the
pieces of a puzzle
They move together, apart, and
past each other
The place where two plates
meet is called a plate
boundary
February 2023
S.B pages 18-19
Plates movement at their boundaries!
Tension or forces that pull things
apart moves earth plates can
also be moved by pushing
force
Mountains form when plates push
together
An opening on the
earth’s surface
when melted rock
or gases are
forced out
most volcanoes
occur because of
moving plates
most volcanoes
happened near Volcano
plate pounders
Earthquake

Sudden
movement of
earth’s crust
most volcanoes occur
because of moving plates
most volcanoes happened
near plate pounders
Rally Quiz (19)

r i be th e g l o b al
Desc or
o f v o l ca n o e s
patterns )
th q u a ke s . (1 4
ear
Both are likely to
occur near the plate
boundaries
Use the graphic organizer to classify
the location of the following
features (abyssal plains,
earthquakes, mountains, volcanos).
(19)
Near plate boundaries Not Near plate boundaries

,earthquakes, abyssal plains


mountains,
volcanos
Activities

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