Fluvial Landscape Evolution
Students are asked to identify fluvial processes and landforms on topographic maps and interpret them to identify processes of landscape evolution.
Context
Audience: 300-level course for geography, geology, and environmental science majors.
Skills and concepts that students must have mastered: Fluvial landforms, fluvial processes, topographic map reading and interpretation.
How the activity is situated in the course: stand-alone exercise
Goals
Content/concepts goals for this activity: Identify long-term processes of landscape evolution.
Higher order thinking skills goals for this activity: synthesis of data
formulation of hypotheses
Other skills goals for this activity: topographic map reading and interpretation
Description of the activity/assignment
This activity requires students to examine a map of the eastern U.S., identify major drainage basins; consult topographic maps of the Blue Ridge, central Appalachians, and identify fluvial landforms and processes of the Blue Ridge, and interpret their role in landscape evolution.
Designed for a geomorphology course
Determining whether students have met the goals
Successful completion of the activity.
More information about assessment tools and techniques.Download teaching materials and tips
- Activity Description/Assignment (Microsoft Word 28kB Aug1 08)
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