Land forms across the curriculum

Teaching students the science of land forms is important. It is important for students to understand how the land forms are structured, and how they relate to the functions of the world. Land forms have a big impact on certain areas, and are located all across the globe. However, it is not only important to teach the science aspects but it is also important to teach the students the history of the land forms. Students should gain an understanding of how the land forms were formed, as well as who and how they were discovered.

Land forms can become a unit the is broadened across all curriculum classrooms. It can easily be incorporated into reading, math, and history as well. Math classes can cover the heights of the different mountains and volcanoes, as well as discover the widths and depths of the water formations. Reading and history classes can cover the famous historians who discovered the land forms in our history.

This week I was able to find a website that listed many different assessments, lessons, and activities for students to work on in the classrooms. I focused on different activities for this type of unit that can be structured in a social studies, or a reading area. It allows students the opportunity to view explorers maps from the earlier centuries and also allows them to understand the age of exploration. Students can be involved in interactive maps online and can learn the goals and ideas of the different explorers. A famous explorer was Christopher Columbus. Students are able to follow his routes and maps through this website.

I think that this website would be a great resource to use in classrooms so that students can grasp a greater understanding of the explorations that were completed in history. Students learn about these in the context of different classrooms, so why not pull all the classrooms together so that students can use the many different types of explorations, and land forms in each classroom. By making this type of lesson a cross curricular unit, students will be able to understand all different aspects of this historical process.

Link: http://mrnussbaum.com/explorers/legends/

APA Reference:

Brooks, Susan. (2013, March 20). Explorers maps, activities, biographies, and more for kids. mrnussbaum.com. Retrieved April 25, 2013 from http://mrnussbaum.com/explorersflash/.