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Why are you here?

You have just been hired as the curator at the new International Landform Museum that will be built in Atlanta this summer. Congratulations!

You and a team of your colleagues must now design exhibits for the groups of visitors and students that will be visiting the attraction.

The museum director would like you to gear them toward the many school groups that will visit the museum on field trips.

What are we trying to accomplish?

SES3. Students will explore the actions of water, wind, ice, and gravity that create landforms. d. Relate the past and present actions of ice, water,

and wind to landscape distribution and landscape evolution.

What do you need to do?

You will choose one of the following landform causes or regions Beaches Sand Dunes Continental Glaciers Alpine Glaciers Deltas/Alluvial Fans River Systems Caves Mesas, Buttes, and Plains

Then you will need to…

Create a clay model of your landform that is easy to understand, scientifically accurate and labeled correctly.

Create a plaque for your exhibit that has:1. An appealing title that makes people want to visit your

exhibit2. A detailed description that explains how your landform(s)

were created/are being created and why it is important to understand how they are made

3. Questions that check for comprehension of important ideas for the groups of students who will visit and view your exhibit

4. Key vocabulary words with their definitions for visitors that may be unfamiliar with the concepts from your landform

Just to make sure…

Because you want to make sure that all the exhibits are fit for your guests, you will go around to the other six exhibits to inspect them and to review the other curators’ models, descriptions, questions, and definitions.

The other curators will do the same so that the museum is in order before your first group of guests arrives.

You will grade and correct the answers given for your questions and then report findings for strengths/weaknesses in your exhibit at your next curators’ meeting.

When you are ready to review the museum…

Take out four sheets of paper and cut them in half -cut horizontally across the paper.

You will use seven halves as you visit the seven exhibits. You will have one extra-give it to a friend.

As you visit each group, you will write your name on your paper, answer their questions clearly, and define their vocabulary words.

You will then leave your piece of paper face down at that exhibit so that group can grade/correct the answers paper later.

After the papers are assessed and redelivered, you will discuss how your exhibit can be improved and present your findings at the curators’ meeting.

Put your work to good use…

After your models and plaques have been finalized, your work will become a traveling exhibit that will be shared with a local middle school.

Presentations highlighting your work will be recorded by our video broadcasting class and played by their teacher before the students visit your displays.

Remember that our goal is for others to learn more about the fascinating features that Earth’s surface has to offer.