Introduction
Landform Vacation
The Landform Vacation project will allow you to research your assigned landform and plan a vacation to visit the natural wonder.
Task
Using your assigned landform, plan a vacation to the Earth’s magnificent feature.
Math: Plan a vacation to your assigned landform and create a final product that includes these aspects:
First, identify the location you are visiting. Then, figure out your travel schedule (there and back).
- NBT. 3M - About how many miles away is this vacation place?
- NBT. 3M - About how many hours or days will it take to drive or fly there and back?
Next, estimate how much you will spend on meals and a hotel.
- NBT. 3M - About how many nights will you stay at the hotel?
- NBT. 5 M - About how much will you spend for your hotel stay? (Hint: Round the hotel price to the nearest ten dollars)
- NBT. 3M - About how many meals will you have on your trip?
- NBT. 5 M - About how much will you spend on meals?
- What fun and interesting places will you visit? About how much will you spend?
Finally, write a travel diary including the following:
- NBT. 3M - About how many miles did you travel? About how long did it take?
- Where did you stay and what fun things did you do?
- NBT. 5 M - What were the estimated cost? About how much did you spend each day?
Reading: Choose between a travel brochure, an advertisement, or fictional story and include the following:
- L.4d R - Include at least 5 adjectives in your writing about the vacation to your landform.
- L. 4b R - Include at least 5 words that contain a prefix, suffix, or Greek/Latin roots.
- L.5c R - Vary your word use and avoid repetition by using synonyms.
- RI.7 R - Identify important information (frequency of words, pictures, tables, title, etc.)
- L.2d R - Use correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, and capitalization.
Science: Research the weather where your landform is located.
- ESS.35Sc – How can weather affect your landform.
Social Studies: Research the landform and identify facts unique to that landform.
- PR.6SS - Identify the country and continent of your landform.
- W.7R - Listing three facts of their landform
- W.7R - Provide a picture of landform (can be drawn, print media, or from the Internet)
- L.4 R - Define landform.
- W.7R/ ESS.35Sc - How was your landform created?
- W.7R/ PR.6SS - Name and describe three other types of landforms located in North America.
- HS.6SS/ HS.7SS - How do landforms affect where human activities are located?
- RL.9 R - Comparing and contrasting (using a Venn diagram) two landforms.
- W.7R / W.CCR.8R - List references (books, websites, etc.)
Process
Landforms Glossary: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/landforms/glossary.shtml
Landforms: http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/earth/surface-of-the-eart…
Hotels/Flights: http://www.expedia.com
Mapping Distance: http://www.google.com/maps
Weather: http://www.weather.com
Dictionary: http://dictionary.reference.com/
Evaluation
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Math Standard |
Score 1 |
Score 2 |
Score 3 |
Score 4 |
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4.NBT.3 Rounding Whole Numbers |
Rounding was done incorrectly |
Rounding was done correctly 50% of the time |
Rounding was done correctly looking at whole numbers |
Rounding was done correctly looking at decimals |
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4.NBT.4 Add/Sub. Whole Numbers |
Addition and subtraction was done incorrectly |
Addition and subtraction was done correctly 50% of the time |
Addition and subtraction was done correctly |
Addition and subtraction was done incorrectly |
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4.NBT.5 Multiply Whole Numbers |
Multiplication was done incorrectly |
Multiplication was done correctly 50% of the time. Correctly multiplied by one digit only. |
Multiplication by one and two-digit numbers was done correctly. |
Fluently multiplies multi-digit whole numbers using a standard algorithm. |
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5.NTB.4 Rounding Decimals |
Decimals rounded incorrectly |
Decimals rounded correctly 50% of the time |
Decimals rounded correctly |
Fluently add, subtract, multiply, and divide multi-digit decimals using the standard algorithm for each operation |
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5.NTB.5 Multiply Whole Numbers |
Multiplication was done incorrectly |
Multiplication was done correctly 50% of the time. Correctly multiplied by one digit only. |
Multiplication by whole numbers was done correctly. |
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Reading Standard |
Score 1 |
Score 2 |
Score 3 |
Score 4 |
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RL.9 Comparing & Contrasting
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Venn diagram incorrectly compares/contrasts two landforms |
Venn diagram correct 50% of the time |
Venn diagram correctly compares/contrasts two landforms |
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RI.7 Identify Important Information
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Project does not identify important information |
Project identifies important information 2 different ways |
Project identifies important information 4 different ways |
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L.2d Spelling
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Spelling errors throughout entire project |
Spelling errors throughout less than 50% of project |
Very few spelling errors |
No spelling errors |
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L.4 Definition
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Landform definition is incorrect |
Landform definition has correct aspects, but lacks completeness |
Landform definition is correctly stated |
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L.4b Prefix, Suffix, Greek/Latin Roots
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Project contained no prefixes, suffixes, or Greek/Latin roots |
Project contained less than 5 prefixes, suffixes, or Greek/Latin roots |
Project contained 5 prefixes, suffixes, or Greek/Latin roots |
Project contained more than 5 prefixes, suffixes, or Greek/Latin roots |
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L.4d Adjectives
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Project contained no adjectives |
Included less than 5 adjectives |
Included 5 adjectives |
Included more than 5 adjectives |
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L.5c Synonyms
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Project contained no synonyms
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Included less than 5 synonyms |
Included 5 synonyms |
Included more than 5 synonyms |
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W.7 Research
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No landform facts, pictures, or other types of landforms in North America |
Less than 3 landform facts or other types of landforms in North America Forgot to include picture. |
Included 3 landform facts, pictures, and 3 other types of landforms in North America |
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W.CCR.8 Site Sources
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Did not list references |
References listed incorrectly |
Listed references |
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Credits
Math: Mr. Phillips
Reading: Mr. Phillips
Science: Ms. S
Social Studies: Mrs. Zelek