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Landforms Teacher Tips |
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- Activity 1: Schoolyard Models
- Activity 2: Stream Tables
- Activity 3: Go with the Flow
- Activity 4: Build a Mountain
- Activity 5: Bird's Eye View
Activity 1: Schoolyard Models
When students take the walk around the school to become acquainted with the placement of buildings, ask them to sketch or take notes of what they observe. Have them also note the ordinal directions (north, south, east, and west).
Some students may have allergies to the diatomaceous earth so take care to mix the earth material with water when students are not present.
If you find you are running short of time to complete all of the activities, consider consolidating the lessons in Activity 2.
If the water is not running as a stream from the hole in the tray, but seems to travel under the tray and makes a mess on top of the table, form a ridge with a piece of duct tape behind the hole.
To give the students a better idea of why we use contour lines to show elevation, have them build a small mountain in the trays with the diatomaceous earth mixture. Challenge them to figure out a way to draw the mountain from a bird's eye perspective that will show the contour and height of their mountain.
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