1. Welcome Geographers
Today is Tuesday November 10, 2009
-Pick up the warm up by the door -Please pass out the folders -Remember if you are not in your seat working quietly when the bell rings you are tardy
Put students in groups and have them share their lists

2. Let’s Review
What is a biome?
How many biomes does Minnesota have?

3. Let’s Review What is a landform?
A landform is a natural feature of the Earth’s surface.
Landforms also include bodies of water.

4. What are the major landforms that Minnesota has?
Let’s Review
What are the major landforms that Minnesota has?

5. What are the parts of a river?
Let’s Review
What are the parts of a river?

6. The Mississippi River-Where is the source? Where is the mouth?

7. Today’s Guiding Question
-What are the major landforms in Minnesota?
-How did glaciers impact Minnesota’s geography?
Today’s Learning Goal
-Students will be able to identify the major landforms in Minnesota
-Students will be able to describe how glaciers impacted Minnesota’s geography
-Students will use text to find information

8. Term
Definition
Picture
Use it in a sentence
Landform 

9. What are the major landforms that Minnesota has?
River-bodies of water that begin at a source and flow downhill between banks of earth to a mouth, where they empty into a larger body of water.

10. Term Definition Picture Use it in a sentence River River Source
River Source
River Mouth

11. The Mississippi River-Where is the source? Where is the mouth?

17. Other MN Rivers

18. What is a valley?
An area of lowland between ranges hills, or other highlands, often having a river or stream running along the bottom.

19. MN Map Task 3 Label the following rivers Mississippi River
Minnesota River
Red River
Saint Croix

20. What are the major landforms that Minnesota has?
Lakes-bodies of water that are surrounded by land on all sides.

21. MN Map Task 4
Label the lakes

22. Why does Minnesota have so many lakes?
The Lakes of Minnesota
Why does Minnesota have so many lakes?

23. Glaciers Reading
What is a glacier?

24. Lake Agassiz

25. Today’s Guiding Question
-What are the major landforms in Minnesota?
-How did glaciers impact Minnesota’s geography?
Today’s Learning Goal
-Students will be able to identify the major landforms in Minnesota
-Students will be able to describe how glaciers impacted Minnesota’s geography -