Landform ExpertsA third grade standards based

Webquest.Designed By: Megan Caldwell

Introduction

Help! Your teacher has lost her voice and needs to hire experts to teach your class more about landforms!

An expert is someone who knows a lot about one subject and can teach others about that.

She is hiring you as her experts on landforms! You and your partner will be in charge of one landform.

Your Tasks… To become an expert you will need to complete 3 tasks.Task 1 You will review what landforms are.Task 2 You will research and investigate your specific landform.Task 3 You will write a paragraph about your specific landform

Steps To Becoming An Expert…( The process)

1. Click through the following website to find out more general knowledge about a landforms

What Are Landforms - Geology For Kids - By KidsGeo.com

3. Watch the Brainpop movie (use our school login: see board) http://www.brainpopjr.com/science/land/landforms/preview.weml

You should be able to answer the following by the end:What is a landform?How are they formed?What are some examples of landforms?

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Task 1

Task 2

Now you and your partner should research your specific landform. Use the resources below to answer the questions provided.

Websites to use…Types of Land (location of landforms around the world)Landforms: Face of the Earth (pictures and general information)http://www.factmonster.com/ (facts about landforms)

Task 3…• Use the research questions to form a paragraph.

You and your partner may work together, but you both must write a paragraph. Remember a good paragraph includes the following:

• Topic Sentence (What is your landform?)• Supporting Details ( How is it defined? Where is it

found? Are there famous ones?)• Concluding Sentence (Your final thought, wish, hope

statement)

Conclusion

• You have achieved the following:• I am now an expert on a landform!• I created a paragraph about a landform.• I have learned additional information about other

landforms.