Landforms: Geology Unit Project
Directions:
1. Pick a landform from the attached list or select your own landform and have it approved
by your teacher.
2. Your task is to create an interactive PowerPoint presentation for your selected landform.
3. The PowerPoint needs to include the following features from the PowerPoint program:
hyperlinks; action buttons; and autoshapes.
4. The interactive PowerPoint needs to have a “Title Slide” that includes your name; title of
the landform; and hyperlink titles about your landform listed in direction #5. Each slide
needs a heading or title; labels on all pictures or diagrams; and any lines of text need to
be 7 words or less in length.
5. The following information needs to be included on additional slides that are hyperlinked
to your “Title Slide” by the titles listed below:
a. COMPOSITION: List the type of rock(s) (igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic) that make up
your landform. Provide some specific names of rocks that make up your landform (ex. Granite).
Provide labeled pictures or a diagram of the rocks that make up your landform. If your landform is
made up of minerals include their names and how they formed.
b. ROCK CYCLE Formation: Describe what part of the rock cycle created your landform. Provide
a diagram or picture of the rock cycle highlighting the part(s) of the rock cycle that created your
landform
c. AGE: Explain when the landform was created. How old is it? (OR) How long has it been forming?
d. LOCATION (Geographic & Tectonic): Geographic Location: Provide a picture & describe
where the landform is located geographically (state, country etc.). Tectonic Location: Provide a
picture & description of where the landform is located on a tectonic plate (interior of a plate or
along plate boundaries). Be sure to include the name of the tectonic plate(s).
e. FORMATION Provide a specific explanation of how your landform formed. Provide a picture or
diagram helping to explain the formation of the landform.
f. FORCE FORMATION Was the landform created from destructive or constructive forces?
g. THE FUTURE: Hypothesize, what you think is likely to happen to this landform in the future.
Take into account the rock cycle, plate tectonics, and possible human impact. Give a logical
explanation for your prediction
h. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Need to include a minimum of THREE reliable sources in the proper format
(Noodle Bib).
HALF-WAY CHECKPOINT: ____________ FINISHED PROJECT IS DUE _____________
Landforms: Look at PowerPoint on my website for pictures of each one.
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Appalachian Mountains
Islands of Japan
Mount St. Helens
Glacier National Park
Andes Mountains
Iceland
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Arches National Park
Zion National Park (canyon)
Niagara Falls
Hawaiian Islands
Kilauea
Devil’s Tower
Mount Hood
Yosemite National Park
East Pacific Rise
Mount Vesuvius
Mount Tambora
Grand Canyon
Himalaya Mountains
Aleutian Islands
Yellowstone
Grand Teton Mountains
Marianas Trench
Great Rift Valley (East Africa)
San Andreas Fault
Bryce National Park (canyon)
Rocky Mountains
Red Sea
Great Lakes
Mauna Loa
Mount Rainier
Mount Etna
Alps Mountains
Badlands of South Dakota
Krakatoa
Loihi Seamount
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Grading Criteria
Format: Interactive PowerPoint (see direction #3 above)
Format: Organization (see direction #4 above)
Composition (rock type; ex. of rock names & picture)
Rock Cycle Formation (diagram of cycle & explanation)
Age (How old it is? OR When did it start forming?)
Geographic Location (picture & description)
Tectonic Location (picture & description)
Formation (detailed description & picture)
Force Formation: (constructive OR destructive OR both)
The Future (your prediction with logical explanation)
Bibliography (minimum of 3 sources & use Noodle Bib)
Content (visuals & info must be relevant & connect to topic)
5 pts
5 pts
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2 pts
3 pts
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5 pts
2 pts
5 pts
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5 pts
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TOTAL
50 pts
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