World Landform Tour September 24, 2009
Posted by Ms Tulli in Social Studies.Tags: Geography, Google Earth, Landforms, Mapping
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Welcome to our world tour featuring some of the most interesting landforms on the surface of our planet!
While this was certainly a mini research project, the children needed to use a variety of skills and strategies in order to complete their portion of the tour. Students had to
- independently learn information and concepts from their independent reading
- identify and then record the main ideas and concepts from their research - no copying out of books allowed!
- use the information they recorded and be able to explain and organize it into a mini paragraph
- develop and use their tech skills to save and retrieve their work on a thumbdrive, use Microsoft Word to publish their work and imbed their work into Google Earth
Please follow the instructions below to access and view our World Landform Tour. Thanks to our Elementary Tech Coach Mr. Utecht for helping.
Enjoy!
Instructions
If you don’t have Google Earth installed, download it here.
Click here to download our World Landform Tour.
Double click the name of the file to open it in Google Earth. Look under the “Places” heading for the folder called RM211 Landforms. Open the folder and click on the place marker to start your tour.
Good morning Mrs. Tulli’s class. I really enjoyed looking at your landforms tour. I really enjoyed learning about the cave in Asia that can fit 4 empire state buildings inside of it. Thanks for teaching me.
Thank you for sharing the things you found out with the world. I’m going to look at your landform tour later this afternoon from here in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
My friend Darren and I will probably show a lot of teachers and other students here in Canada what great work you did
Thanks for sharing your land forms tour. You did a very nice job. I enjoyed learning about the caves, deserts, and coral reefs.I was hoping, since I live in Michigan (USA), the you might include a peninsula. Michigan is made up of two large peninsulas. You may wish to take a look at the state.
Again, great work.
A great job. Thanks for this beautiful project. My class will enjoy it and learn a lot.
Anna (Italy)
Hi Mrs. Tulli’s class!
You have created a great tour of landforms. I know of several classes in my school system that are studying landforms right now, and I can’t wait to share your great project! I especially enjoyed the information about Corals. I am a scuba diver and have a particular fondness for Coral Reefs.
Keep up the good work!
Thank you for sharing your work. It shows how much you have learned. I think students at my school in North Carolina would like to see your project and maybe try something like it too.
Hi Mrs. Tulli’s class!
I’m in third grade in Houston, Tx. My Dad and I looked at your work on the Earth. I saw volcanoes, mountains, caves, rivers and the other things you wrote about. We also looked at another volcano - Mount Saint Helen’s. My favorite part of Earth is the hills in Arkansas, USA.
I hope to see more things you are doing.
- K & @cmduke
(turn on the Terrain layer in Google Earth, go to 46°11′42.71″N, 122°10′57.36″W and pan down to ground level - looking across the surface - it’s a pretty amazing view! One of my/@cmduke favorite things in Google Earth. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt._Saint_Helens)
Wonderful work, many thanks for sharing the project. Will definitely share your work with others. A great job!
Kind Regards
Martin Jorgensen (Australia)
http://www.thedigitalnarrative.com