Draw an original island map with at least four landform or water features and a matching key, placing a river so it flows logically from high ground to the sea.
You have learned about landforms, water features, fast and slow Earth changes, erosion, and where water is found. Today you put it all together and design your very own island map, complete with mountains, a river, and more.
A river almost always flows from high ground down toward the sea, since water flows downhill. A good map also needs a key, a small chart explaining what each symbol or color means, so anyone looking at your map can understand it.
Mastery looks like: They draw an original island map with at least four correctly used landform or water features and a matching key, with the river flowing logically downhill.
Common stumbles: Drawing a river that does not connect to a logical water source or does not flow downhill; forgetting to include a key, so the symbols do not make sense to anyone else.