In this unit, students consider a number of open questions about how landforms and Earth surfaces are constantly changing due to a variety of factors that can be observed and investigated. They observe and compare the features of landforms to identify patterns of rapid and slow changes to Earth's features. They consider how such observations help scientists develop accurate predictions for changes in unfamiliar places. Students apply these ideas to explain phenomena and design solutions to problems they experience in their environment 

• Carry out observations and investigations and develop models to predict changes to landforms and Earth surfaces.

• Develop and revise a model with evidence to show how various variables are changing land features.

This unit has a creativity and critical thinking focus:

•  Generate and play with a variety of ideas and propose, produce, and revise a personally novel model of how land is changing.

• Reflect on models according to evidence collected across the unit and consider different perspectives for what is causing change in different places. 

Web and Print

• Photographs of varied landforms 

• Driving Question Board (DQB) to keep track of class and student questions 

• Step 4 Analogy Slides-https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/14Gncyfaqe4GLLUtOxGhJP2gxodmJkLTAVnOjygde2Ag/edit#slide=id.p2 

• Step 5 Land Features Slides-https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1FaNNRXkvrOIqLT1I2EubpszxbXBpQQ_rlaqf9SzX-LA/edit#slide=id.p16

      Other Resources

• Household materials to build stream tables: containers, earth materials (sand and rocks)

      Opportunities to adapt, extend, and enrich

• This mini-unit is based on portions of the first two learning sets in a sequence of five learning sets. Remaining learning sets have students examine how Earth events can cause layers in rocks, and how high energy events, such as earthquakes and flooding cause changes to the land. Students use patterns to understand data such as mountain ranges and shapes of rivers to predict future changes in landforms. 

• Remaining learning sets, along with additional STEM project-learning units and related resources can be found at https://sprocket.lucasedresearch.org/course/science4/dynamic-earth

•  and https://mlpbl.open3d.science/

•  ML-PBL Units were co-developed by the Multiple Literacies in Project-based Learning Project at Michigan State University and the University of Michigan 2018–2020. ML-PBL units are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. The work was funded by the George Lucas Educational Foundation.

English Version

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YWNUVROp9FXlvHM_SRSmU0uvLOicXE837JTvZT5x8Do/edit?usp=sharing

Hindi Version

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lpYCrDeAxy66PhN6F0lSw-D5Ez6yBl4LbYzCOYJtCD0/edit?usp=sharing

Gujarati Version

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CiYOlpj3B8mudPLinjTTlHmnXLWuMoEw3mwAdiIxQQo/edit?usp=sharing 

Kannada Version

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ydpAjDeX-xX8pFyiooNli34KJ101FjqhZfmO7dIm-fU/edit?usp=drive_link