Nature and environments
Transcript of Nature and environments
BYGLORIA K. COUSINS
Nature and Environments
Digital Storytelling Story Board
IntroductionGood Morning Class,For the past week, we have been discussing in
our Science class some natural wonders on earth. This video contains elements of nature and our environment. It is divided into 5 sections-Beaches, Waters, Mountains, Canyons, and Sunsets.
Beaches
Beaches are landforms along the shoreline of an ocean, sea, or lake and consists of rock, sand, gravel, pebbles, cobblestones, shells and algae. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach
BeachesExamples:
Goa Beach in India
Amalfi Beach in Italy
Acropolis Beach of Lintos Greece
Waters of Water Bodies
Water bodies consist of oceans which cover 71% of the earth’s surface and made of saline, seas which are also made of saline and connected with oceans, rivers usually formed from precipitation and flow from higher ground to lower ground, and lakes which are usually freshwater, are considerable in size, and contained on a body of land.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_of_water
WaterbodiesExamples
Malta Cliffs and the Mediterranean Sea
Argentina Lakes in South America
River in San Francisco
Iquassu Falls in Brazil
Water BodiesMoreExamples
Lake Matheson in New Zealand
Lake Titicaca in Peru
Youkon Flats River
Mountains
Mountains are large landforms that stretch above the surrounding land usually in the form of a peak. Tall mountains have different climatic conditions at the top than at the base.
Mountains are made up of earth and rock materials.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain
Mountains
ExamplesMountains at Skagway
Mountains in Alaska
Mountains in Colorado
MountainsMoreExamples
Landmark Wall in China
Mount Ranier in Washington
Mountains in Southern California
Canyons
Canyons are deep ravines between cliffs that are often carved from the landscape by a river. Canyon walls are often formed of sandstones or granite.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canyons
CanyonsExamples
Canyonlands in Utah
Canyon de Chelly in Arizona
Grand Canyon-1 of the largest in the world
Sunset or Sundown
Sunset is the daily disappearance of the sun below the horizon as a result of the Earth’s rotation. The sunset creates unique atmospheric conditions such as intense orange and red colors of the sun and the surrounding sky.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunset
Sunsets
Examples
Sunset in Africa
Sunset in California
Sunset in Cambodia
Sunset in Hudson Bay Canada
Summary
These were amazing pictures of natural occurrences in nature and our environments.
This is only a portion of elements that have formed over time and exist today without the hands of man. We will discuss others later in the text.
References
All pictures were obtained from free clipart for classrooms
http://classroomclipart.com/cqi-bin/kids/imageFolio.cqiAll definitions are located on each
corresponding slide throughout the presentation.