Georgia Landforms Brochure
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Georgia Landforms Brochure You will create a tourist brochure containing at least 6 Georgia landforms. The brochure should be made from a sheet of paper turned to the landscape position and folded into three equal parts. The brochure should contain a picture and name of the Georgia landform, a brief history of the landform, and a description of the constructive or destructive forces that created the landform. Some Georgia landforms include: Stone Mountain Lime Sinks Emerson Fault Okefenokee Swamp Tallulah Falls Pine Mountain Providence Canyon Altmaha River System Barrier Islands Appalachian Mountains Amicalola Falls Soapstone Ridge Cohutta Mountains Fall Line Cumberland Plateau Sand Mountain Lookout Mountain Brasstown Bald Trail Ridge Brevard fault zone Blue Ridge Mountains Georgia Beaches Chattahoochee River The Process (A step-by-step process to help you succeed!) Read through all steps carefully before starting any of the task! STEP 1: Review Constructive and Destructive Earth Processes. Think carefully about what you read and see. Later, you may have to infer which of the processes created a Georgia Landform. landscape position (3 holes on top). ight column "Destructive Earth Processes". Constructive Earth Processes Destructive Earth Processes nd Destructive Processes under the appropriate label. sses with a definition that explains how each is constructive in the appropriate column . ocesses with a definition that explains how each is destructive in the appropriate column. ence teacher with the finished brochure. Useful Information: eate) landforms on the Earth's surface. o Examples: Deposition, Faults, Earthquakes, Volcanoes, magma Upwelling, and more. o Examples: Weathering, Erosion, Earthquakes, volcanoes, Faults, and more. STEP 2: Create a 4-column chart on one or more sheets of notebook paper. You will want to turn the notebook paper to the landscape position (3 holes on top) before drawing the chart. You will use this to collect the information you find about landforms. Keep the 4-column chart and give it to your science teacher with the finished brochure. First Column heading: "Name of Landform" Second Column heading: "Brief History of Landform" Third Column heading: "The processes that created the landform" Fourth Column heading: "URL of web site where information was found" Name of Brief History of Processes that URL of website Landform Landform Created the where Landform information was found STEP 3: Using a kid-safe search engine, research the desired information on Georgia Landforms. Remember you only need 6 of them for your brochure. NOTE: You may want to type the word Georgia in your search for each landform so that your search is limited to our state. You can also type in a question like "How was Stone Mountain Georgia Formed?" or "What is the history of Okefenokee Swamp?" STEP 4: Don't let your brain be LAZY. You will have to carefully scan and read a lot to find the information you want. As you visit the web sites, fill in the four column chart you made with the appropriate information. BE SURE TO SAVE SMALL PICTURES ON THE COMPUTER OR PRINT SMALL PICTURES THAT WILL FIT INTO YOUR BROCHURE. EACH PICTURE SHOULD FIT ON THE INSIDE OF ONE OF THE THIRDS OF YOUR BROCHURE. STEP 5: After you have collected the information and pictures on 6 different Georgia Landforms, plan your brochure on a scrap sheet of paper. You will want to turn your paper to a landscape position and fold the brochure into equal thirds. Use your 4-column chart to help with your planning. STEP 6: Create a neatly written and colorful brochure that would encourage a person touring Georgia to visit the landforms. If you have saved your photos on the computer, you may wish to use the following site to create the brochure: READ-WRITE-THINK Printing Press http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student- interactives/printing-press-30036.html Useful Websites: http://science.jrank.org/kids/pages/82/LAND-FORMATION.html http://iweb.jackson.k12.ga.us/cstewart/geology/Destructive.html http://www.onegeology.org/extra/kids/earthProcesses/home.html http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/rocks-minerals- landforms/landforms.htm http://sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/forces.html http://pbskids.org/wilsonandditch/cities/#episodes/grandcanyon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFSpLCR1rbs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwFLc9ah5sE STEP 7: Give the brochure, the 4-column chart, and the Constructive & Destructive Processes sheet to your Science Teacher for assessment! Evaluation (Rubric) 11 9 8 7 5 Brochure contains 6 all 6 only 5 only 4 only 2 or 3 only 1 landforms Name and Location of all 6 only 5 only 4 only 2 or 3 only 1 each landform presented Photo of each landform all 6 only 5 only 4 only 2 or 3 only 1 included History of each landform all 6 were well only 5 were well only 4 were well only 2 or 3 were only 1 was well included summarized summarized summarized well summarized summarized Formation of each landform all 6 were well only 5 were well only 4 were well only 2 or 3 were only 1 was well explained explained explained explained well explained explained correctly No errors Many errors Conventions distract Minimal errors Some errors Several errors distract Correct from message present in present in present in from message of brochure brochure brochure of brochure brochure Neat Brochure Few errors in Some Slight Poorly Presentation organized and organization. organization. organization. organized. easy to read. Some areas a Writing needs Some messy Messy writing. little improvement. writing. Brochure is messy. Photos poorly colorful Photo Some messy attached. and attractive. Most photos presentation photos. neatly could Sloppy Photos neatly attached. be improved Sloppy presentation. attached. some. presentation. Neat, straight, Neat professional appearance Presentation appearance. with few flaws. lacks professional look. Constructive & Complete. Destructive Well organized. Good evidence Average Some evidence Very little Worksheet of evidence of evidence of Completed Well written. understanding of understanding understanding Excellent of understanding of of evidence processes. of processes. processes. processes. of understanding of processes 4-column sheets Excellent notes. Well prepared Average Poorly prepared Few notes completed notes. prepared notes. written. with URL notes listed .