This is a picture my 9th grade son drew on a large piece of
butcher paper to show how the hydrosphere and geosphere are
related. He had to attach tiny pieces of printed paper with
labels that had descriptions about how each stream, pond, river,
lake, cloud, delta, the ocean, mountain, hill, volcano, lava,
magma, the core, the mantle, the lithosphere, etc...all have a
relationship and describe how weathering and other forms of
erosion affect each one. He also had to identify chemical and
physical changes involved in each relationship and identify what
inter and intramolecular make up each earth element had.
Needless to say, his masterpiece was quite covered up with
little scraps of relationship papers! Funny, but remember the
saying, "Everything I need to know....I learned in
kindergarten"? Well, it turns out it is true! My students are
learning about landforms and the relationship each has with the
other. For instance, this week, they are learning about the
three stages of water and what effect each stage has