Colorado Regions of Colorado

Vocabulary Match Up! Take the page of definitions and the word bank and write next to each definition which word you think goes with it. You will use each word only once

Mesas Regions Piedmont Plateau High Plains Sea level State Boundary Climate Urban Corridor Altitude Continental Divide Flat-topped hills or plateaus with steep sides. A long stretch of land that includes many towns and cities The level of the surface of the ocean An area in which many places have in common How high an object is above sea level A stretch of flat land higher than the land around it The average weather conditions of a region or place A line on a map of a continent that separates river systems that flow into different oceans The region between the plains and the Rocky Mountains The lines marking the borders of a state The region of level and in eastern Colorado that has few trees

What is a region A region is made up of places that have things in common. Four Regions 1. The Plains 2. Piedmont 3. Mountains and Parks 4. Western Plateaus

Regions of Colorado

Group Project Each group will become on expert on one region You need to fill out the poster with the following Complete sentences 4th Grade writing commandments Neat work and handwriting Working together At the end you will share out your work Each member must talk at least once

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Mesas Regions Piedmont Plateau High Plains Sea level State Boundary Climate Urban Corridor Altitude Continental Divide Flat-topped hills or plateaus with steep sides. Mesa A long stretch of land that includes many towns and cities. Urban Corridor The level of the surface of the ocean Sea Level An area in which many places have in common. Region How high an object is above sea level. Altitude A stretch of flat land higher than the land around it. Plateau The average weather conditions of a region or place. Climate A line on a map of a continent that separates river systems that flow into different oceans. Continental Divide The region between the plains and the Rocky Mountains Piedmont The lines marking the borders of a state. State Boundary The region of level and in eastern Colorado that has few trees. High Plains

Studies Weekly In your notebook, copy down and answer the following questions: Name 3 features in our state that are named after a person or event. William Penn was part of a group called the Society of Friends, or Quakers. What did this group believe in? How do the sand dunes “sing?” What happened to the bison that once lived in Colorado?