• top right corner
• Write your first, last name
• Under this write today's date
• Under the date write the hour you have social studies

Write one landform term in each box:

1. basin
2. bay
3. cape
4. delta
5. gulf
6. island
7. mountain range
8. peninsula
9. plain
10. plateau
11. river source/ river mouth
12. sea
13. strait
14. valley

Define First

Go to Word Central which is an on-line dictionary and find the definitions for each of the 

Terms above.  Write the definition in the vocabulary box.  There are times you will have to choose the correct definition.  Remember you are looking to define landforms. 

1.       Locate student dictionary   http://www.wordcentral.com/index.html

2.       Type in the landform term

3.       Choose the correct definition 

4.       Write the definition on handout 1A

5.       Note the names of landforms that Word Central sometimes provide – these will help you in the next step. 

Find this landform in the United States

Locating an example of each landform in the United States is your next step.  

I have included a web site for you to use to locate landforms in the United States.  

This site is from NASA. It is a collection of pictures from space.  Pretty neat stuff! 

1.       Go to the site.  Landforms From Space    http://earth.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/efs/

2.       Record the name of the United States landform on handout 1A.

3.       Read the information about the landform and locate the landform on the desk map

4.       Look closely at the picture and compare the picture to your definition

 Another place to search would be our Parkway site.    http://panda.pkwy.k12.mo.us