5.+Physical+Features

__**Physical Features of Africa**__  Glogster Poster **OBJECTIVE**: 1. Identify and describe Africa's major landforms and **physical features**. 2. Create a Glog Poster. View Example Glog here.

**INSTRUCTIONS**:

1. Select ONE of Africa's **physical feature** to research. //A **physical feature** refers to Earth's natural landforms such as rivers, mountains, deserts, beaches, lakes etc. It relates to any naturally occurring landform on the surface of the Earth.//
 * Nile River
 * Sahara Desert
 * Mount Kilimanjaro
 * Atlas Mountains
 * Congo River Basin
 * Sahel
 * Ethiopian Highlands/Plateau
 * Kalahari Desert
 * Lake Victoria
 * Great Rift Valley

2. Gather information about the physical feature of your choice.
 * **Location**: Where is this physical feature located on the African continent?
 * **Countries**: What countries contain this physical feature?
 * **Vegetation**: What types of flora (plants) exist in and around this physical feature?
 * **Animals**: What types of fauna (animals) exist in and around this physical feature?
 * **Landform**: How was this landform created? //(Erosion, earthquakes, water, etc.)//
 * **Environmental Threats**: What types of environmental threats has this physical feature experienced in the past or is currently experiencing today? What solutions are there to solve these problems?
 * **Place**: What makes this physical feature unique and special? What makes it different from all other places in the world?

3. Create a multimedia Glog Poster that illustrates what you have learned about the physical feature that you researched.

**WORK CITED**:

1. You are required to give credit to the authors/resources that you took information from. This is called "citing your sources". 2. Use www.citationmachine.net/ to help you "cite your sources" and create a "Work Cited" or "Bibliography" section of your biography paper. 3. **Use MLA Format**.