6-Social-Studies-Sept

Main Concept

 * Landform
 * Bodies of Water

Guiding Questions

 * How has actvity within Earth changed the landforms on its surface?
 * How does the shifting of Earth's plates affect people's lives?
 * What are three kinds of bodies of water, and how is each kind formed?
 * What are some of the ways in which water is important to our survival?

Key Terms
Landform: landform, plate tectonics, continental drift, fault, magna, lava, weathering, erosion, deposition, floodplain, delta, continental drift

Bodies of Water: tributaries, river system, drainage basin, rift, reservoir, trench, tidalwave, tides, watercycle

Latitude and Longitude: line of latitude, equator, line of longitude, prime meridian


 * Suggestions:** Vocabulary words can be given as an introduction to each topic, or it can be given as homework after the introduction of each topic.

Holidays

 * Labor Day (First Monday in September)
 * Grandparents Day Sept. 12
 * National Hispanic Heritage Month ( September 15 thru Oct. 15)
 * First Day of Autumn Sept. 23

Student Outcomes

 * Students will learn how physical processes such as plate tectonics, earthquakes, and erosion have reated physical patterns on Earth's surface.
 * Students will identify and analyze ways people have midified the physical enviornment
 * Students will describe and explain how physical processes such as ocean circulation have resulted in physical patterns on the Earth's surface.
 * Students will be able to analyze the effects of pysical processes and the physical environment of humans.

Resources for Teachers

 * Brainpop Themes with activities: Search for Continents of the world, Geography Themes, Latitude and Longitude, North
 * Brainpops for Bodies of Water: water cycle, tides, oceans, erosion
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Field Trip Suggestions

 * N.Y. Planetarium
 * Museum of Natural History
 * Museum of New York