Unit 4: Landforms and Topography

Activity 1: Shaping the Land: Constructive and Destructive Forces

CC: Engage the students in a discussion about sediments. Generate a list of as many types of sediment as the students can identify. Ask students how sediments move from one place to another.

Use Inspiration software to brainstorm this list of types of sediments.

Inspiration Quick Tips:

http://www.louisianaschools.net/lde/intech/quick_tips/inspiration.htm

Landforms

http://maps.unomaha.edu/Peterson/funda/Links/Landforms/Landforms.html

This website provides a good overview of landforms. It contains a great link to Rivers which models the exploration activity demonstrating the flow of a stream and effects of sand.

http://maps.unomaha.edu/maher/geo101/tablea.html

CC: After the students have had enough time to observe their stream channels and make sketches, have them compare the sketches to streams or rivers found on aerial maps, satellite maps, or geologic maps of Louisiana.

Geologic Map of Louisiana

http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/projects/geoweb/participants/dutch/StateGeolMaps/LaGMap.HTM

Geologic Map of Louisiana

http://geology.about.com/library/bl/maps/bllouisianamap.htm

Generalized Geologic Map of Louisiana

http://www.intersurf.com/~chalcedony/geomap1.html

Louisiana Geology - Map of Louisiana; Louisiana Rivers - Louisiana Earthquake Map - Louisiana Minerals

http://geology.com/states/louisiana.shtml

Atlas Louisiana Explorations-Explore Louisiana Digitally

http://atlas.lsu.edu/explorela.htm

Searches could be performed by using the following online resources:

Worldbook online