Landforms

February 9, 2010

Today, we started learning about landforms. Together we read a book called **"Landforms" by Mary Evans**. The beautiful pictures show us the different landforms on the Earth. The glossary below is from Ms. Evans' book.

** WHAT IS A LANDFORM? "A landform is a natural area that is part of the Earth's surface." ** **Landforms are created by nature, not by human beings. Remember, things that people build like roads, bridges, buildings, houses, cars, airplanes .... are not landforms ** media type="file" key="Landforms USA-Mobile.m4v" width="533" height="533" align="right" **mountain hill volcano geyser lake** canyon mesa** valley plain bay peninsula island**
 * cliff
 * desert**
 * river

Landforms in America In 2008, two years ago, Ms. K. took a two-month long family trip across America driving west, south, north, east, north, east, back to Portland, Maine. We traveled by car through many different States and across many different landforms. Take a look!


 * The pictures in the video were taken on this trip and show you some of the beautiful places in America we visited with our car. You will also see that there are many different landforms in the United States of America.**


 * Can you name them?**

**Viewing Tip:** Use the **Pause/Play buttons** to stop and play the video if you want to take a closer look.