Georgia Landforms Brochure - Henry County School District

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 all 6 only 5 only 4 only 2 or 3 only 1
contains 6
landforms all 6 only 5 only 4 only 2 or 3 only 1
Name and
Location of all 6 only 5 only 4 only 2 or 3 only 1
each landform
presented all 6 were well only 5 were well only 4 were well only 2 or 3 were only 1 was well
Photo of each
landform summarized summarized summarized well summarized summarized
included
History of each
landform
included

Formation of all 6 were well only 5 were well only 4 were well only 2 or 3 were only 1 was well
each landform explained
explained explained explained well explained
explained Many errors
correctly No errors Minimal errors Some errors Several errors distract
Conventions distract present in present in present in
Correct from message brochure brochure brochure from message
of
Neat of Few errors in Some Slight
Presentation brochure organization. organization. organization. brochure
Brochure Poorly
Constructive & organized and Some areas a Writing needs Some messy
Destructive little improvement. writing. organized.
Worksheet easy Messy writing.
Completed to read. messy. Photo Some messy
presentation photos. Photos poorly
4-column Brochure is Most photos attached.
sheets colorful neatly could Sloppy Sloppy
be improved presentation.
completed and attractive. attached. presentation.
with URL some. Some evidence
listed Photos neatly Neat of Very little
attached. appearance Presentation evidence of
with few flaws. lacks understanding understanding
Neat, straight, of
professional professional of
appearance. look. processes. processes.

Complete. Good evidence Average Few notes
Well organized. of evidence written.

Well written. understanding of
Excellent of understanding
evidence of processes.
of processes.

understanding
of

processes

Excellent notes. Well prepared Average Poorly prepared
notes. prepared notes.

notes