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I chose 5th grade science. Standard 2: Students will understand that volcanoes, earthquakes, uplift, weathering, and erosion reshape Earth's surface. Objective 2: explain how volcanoes, earthquakes, and uplift affect Earth's surface. a)identify specific geological features b)give examples of different land forms (mountains, valleys, lakes, and canyons) c)describe how they change landforms. I'll be using various websites to learn about the different volcanoes or mountain ranges. I will be using Google images for additional pictures. Assuming that we would have been learning about volcanoes, earthquakes etc. . . before hand, I would be using Google Earth to reinforce places around the world where tectonic plates collide causing volcanoes and earthquakes which create mountains. I chose this topic because I think it is hard to understand the affects of these natural-disasters from a text book and volcanoes are just cool!

Location	Activity Description	Google Earth Content
1.California	Observe all the faults that run through California and write a brief description of how you think the mountains there were formed.	http://www.peaklist.org/USlists/CAintro.html http://education.usgs.gov/california/maps/faults_names2.html
2.Hawaii	Observe all the volcanoes in the Hawaiian Islands Look at and read about the active volcano in Kilauea, Hawaii. on the website where you will read about the volcano, click on volcano movies. select the 6th movie down titled Pu u Oo Flank Vent Movies. Just enjoy the movie. What does Kilauea mean? Why was the volcano given this name?	http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/ other Google pictures of kilauea
3.Ring of Fire	Read about the ring of fire. Why is it called this? How many continents does the ring of fire touch? Measure with a ruler the distance in inches from the Philippine plate to the Cocos plate.	http://geography.about.com/cs/earthquakes/a/ringoffire.htm www.worldbook.com/.../volcanoes/where_ring
4.Himalayas	View the Wikipedia page. What makes the Himalayan mountains so important? How many countries do the Himalayan mountain touch?	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalayas Other pictures of Himalayan mountains.