How Texas Landforms Formed

How Texas Landforms Formed Worksheet: Weathering, erosion, and deposition (Grade 4 Science)

Students match Palo Duro Canyon, the Padre Island dunes, Enchanted Rock, and the Brazos River delta to weathering, erosion, or deposition and to water or wind, then use a sand tray model to see erosion and deposition. The page teaches the idea first, so no prior lesson is needed, and every answer is on the page.

What's Inside

• A teach box that defines weathering, erosion, and deposition by water, wind, and ice, with a worked river example
• Part A: four Texas landforms; circle the process and the cause
• Part B: a sand tray model with three circle questions
• A raccoon guide with a hint that matches the answer key
• An answer key with answers marked in red, plus a short teacher note with what to watch for

How Teachers Use It

Read the teach box and the worked example together, then let students try Part A and Part B. It takes 8 to 10 minutes and prints clearly in black and white. The focus skill is modeling and describing slow changes to Earth’s surface. Standards: TEKS 4.10B: model and describe slow changes to Earth’s surface caused by weathering, erosion, and deposition from water, wind, and ice.

Why It Works

Famous Texas landforms connect each process to a real place students can visit. Questions are short, mostly circle answers, and the reasoning is on the teacher key.