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2. Review what was taught in the previous lesson about physical characteristics. Give feedback and reteach, as necessary. Help the students to understand that physical characteristics are natural features of the Earth. They tell us about a place. Land and water are physical characteristics. 3. Have the students locate the title of the article. Read the title together. Point out the images associated with the article. Have the students use the pictures to determine what they will be learning about. 4. Read the first sentence of the article. Discuss that landforms are a physical characteristic of a place. Landforms are big areas of land on the Earth’s surface. 5. Watch the video “Landforms, Bodies of Water, and Physical Features - 1st.” Have students watch for one landform they have seen, visited, or heard of. After the video, discuss the landforms in the video. Use the T-chart “Landforms and Bodies of Water.” Write them down on the T-chart, under the heading “Landforms.” a. What landforms from the video have you seen or visited? (Answers may vary.) 6. Read the remainder of the article. As you read, have the students highlight the different landforms mentioned in the article. Use the images to aid in student understanding. 7. Discuss each landform. Show only the landform cards from the Landforms and Bodies of Water Cards as you discuss them. Have the students come up with a body movement or gesture to remember each type of landform. Write the landforms under the “Landforms” heading on the Poster Pal T-chart. Note: There are additional landforms included in the cards that are not mentioned in the article. You may choose to introduce these. a. Forests: Areas that have many trees. Many plants and animals live in forests. b. Wetlands: Areas where the land is covered by shallow water. The water doesn’t drain well in wetlands. Different kinds of plants live in wetlands. c. Coasts: The land next to the ocean. The waves from the water change the shape of the coast. d. Peninsulas: Areas of land almost surrounded by water. The land is connected to the mainland. e. Hills: Areas that rise above the surrounding land. Their tops are usually rounded. They are similar to mountains but not as high. f. Mountains: Landforms that rise above the surrounding land. Usually, a mountain will rise about 1,000 feet. g. Valleys: Low areas of land between hills or mountains. They are often considered quiet places. h. Plains: Large areas of land. They are grassy and flat. i. Coastal plains: Flat areas of land next to a sea coast. j. Deserts: Dry areas of land that have very little plant life and rarely receive rainfall. k. Islands: Areas of land surrounded by water. 8. Explain to the students that we can find these landforms on maps and globes. a. Show the image “Physical Map of the United States,” included in related media. Point out the key/legend. Discuss which symbols stand for landforms on the map. Identify the landforms on the map. b. Point out the area of your state on the map. Identify any landforms found in your state on the map. c. Show a globe. Together, identify the landforms on the globe. Help the students to understand why they are landforms. 9. Have a discussion about the landforms found in your community and state. Make Physical Characteristics of a Place | Week 16
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