1: Landform Guide

2: Guide Creation Information

Guide Author	Jim Kruger
District	St. Peter Middle/Senior High School - ISD 508
Date Created	08/05/2011
Guide Description	Through the use a series of geologic maps and road maps, the students will begin a study of landforms related to the most recent glacial activity in Minnesota. These maps will show geologic glacial landforms of the entire state as well as smaller regions of Minnesota with the intent of being used as a supplement to additional topography maps provided by the teacher. These maps will help students visualize the different topography related to the glacial activity in Minnesota.

3: Guide Characteristics

Title of Main Academic Standard used in Guide	Minnesota Academic Standards: Science K-12 (2009 version)
Grade Level	Grade 8
Learning Level	Reinforced
National Holiday/Special Occasion (optional)
Source Format Emphasized	Maps
Geographic Region Emphasized (optional)	Students could relate to the entire state of Minnesota or more local regions of the state
Other Minnesota Reflections Guide(s) Related to this Guide (optional)

4: Main Standard Emphasized in Guide

Standard Title	Minnesota Academic Standards: Science K-12 (2009 version)
Category
Strand	Earth and Space Science
Sub-strand	Earth Structure and Processes
Standard	Landforms are the result of the combination of constructive and destructive processes.
Benchmark 1: standard number	8.3.1.2.2
Benchmark 1: text	Explain the role of weathering, erosion and glacial activity in shaping Minnesota's current landscape.
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6: Additional Standards and/or Skills (reading, math, media literacy, interdisciplinary)

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Media Literacy: standard number	9.9.5.5
Media Literacy: standard text	Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest.
Interdisciplinary Connection

Minnesota Reflections Resources

7: Search Strategy

Things to Think About	Look to link stream and river actions to further define additional landform development.
Keywords	Glacial Landforms, Geological Maps, Topography Maps,
Other ideas (to assist with discovery)	Use more local areas for map locations to get more detailed information.
Challenges to finding resources on this standard	There were many geological maps associated with glacial influences on Minnesota topography.

8: Minnesota Reflections Top Picks

Title	Date created	Description	Format (photo, map, letter …)	"Cite the Item" link
Geologic Map of Minnesota	1982	This is a map of Minnesota showing Quaternary glacial deposits over the entire state. This map can be used to identify types of deposits over all of Minnesota	Map	http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/mgs,1118
Surficial geology of the Austin 30' x 60' quadrangle, southeastern Minnesota, M-156.	2005	Map showing Quaternary surficial deposits left from last glacier. This map concentrates on the deposits in SE Minnesota	Map	http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/mgs,1103
Quaternary Geology-upper Minnesota River Basin, Minnesota, RH4, Part A, Plate 1	1999	Map showing Quaternary surficial deposits left from last glacier in the upper Minnesota River Basin	Map	http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/mgs,1126
Geologic atlas of Rice County, Minnesota, C-9, Part A, Plate 4, Quaternary Stratigraphy	1995	This map shows a series of cross sections of geologic units located in south central Minnesota	Map	http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/mgs,688
Quaternary geology - Otter Tail area, west central Minnesota, RH5, Part B, Plate 1	2002	This map shows the Quaternary surface deposits left from last glacier in the north central parts of Minnesota	Map	http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/mgs,1105
2000 Official Highway Map	2000	This map is of the Highway systems of Minnesota. It shows also all the lakes and stream systems of the state. This map can be used to identify what type of water systems are found in glacial deposits.	Map	http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/mdt,1280
Field trip guidebook for the glacial geology of the Laurentide divide area St. Louis and Lake Counties, Minnesota, GB-18, Plate 1	1992	Map that shows examples of geology of landforms created by glaciers	Map	http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/mgs,1005
Field trip guidebook for the glacial geology of the Laurentide divide area, St. Louis and Lake Counties, Minnesota, GB-18, Plate 2.	1992	This plate identifies the features shown on Plate 1. These glacial surface features are from north central Minnesota but the structure of the deposits can be used to identify deposits in other parts of the state.		http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/mgs,1006
Geologic Map of Minnesota, bedrock geology, S-20	1994	Map shows the bedrock layers within the state of Minnesota	Map	http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/mgs,1066

9: Specific Minnesota Reflections Collection(s) to Consider (optional)

10: Helpful Tips (optional)

I used resources like these to do a project with lake maps and their topography. Students would design and build contour maps of the lake bottoms using lake maps. I could see the use of the maps from Minnesota Reflections to do similar projects showing topography of the surface terrain.

11: Ideas for Lesson Plans Using this Guide (optional)

Students could use this guide as an introduction to identifying glacial landforms in Minnesota. Students will be able to use the geologic surface maps to identify glacial depositing and determine where the last glaciers traveled. Students will also be able to observe where there are no glacial deposits, learning where in Minnesota the glaciers missed. Students will be able to use the Minnesota bedrock map to compare bedrock to surface deposits. This will allow the students to trace back where the deposits came from and identify the glacial travel patterns. Students can also use the Minnesota road map to locate lake and stream systems that are common to glacial deposit formations. Using additional topographical maps provided by the teacher, students will be able to relate to glacial landform structures in any area of Minnesota. Students could create three-dimensional landform models based on the guide maps of areas in the location where they live.