Landforms: Visual

Vocabulary

different ways to practice landforms visually. . .

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http://www.webstaurantstore.com/12-x-12-x-2-clay-coated-pizza-box-100-bd/245I12122PB.html

salt map

giant cookie or sheet cake

http://www.novi.k12.mi.us/schools/novimeadows/WebPages/ActivitiesArchive.aspx

illustrated dictionary -

paper or PowerPoint version

http://starryskyranch.typepad.com/starry_sky_ranch/2006/06/geography_copyb.html http://www.royaloakschools.com/portal/landisk/elementary_esl_page

or = fun, but messy,

may be too simple

may not be available, or may be too time-consuming

and may be too time-consuming

Another option

Using selected geographic terms,

have students create “visual vocabulary”

for those terms.

For example. . .

Here are some terms that are not landforms, just to give you

ideas. . .

often in textbook “map section” or in a student atlas

http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Sect2/Sect2_1a.html

http://cramglobe.net/inventory/geography-terms-chart-by-cram.html

http://www.delta-education.com/productdetail.aspx?campID=D610&PartNo=1015115

Using markers and paper, turn some of the following terms into “Visual Vocabulary.”

• Mountain• Valley• Plateau• Tributary• Delta• River mouth

• Glacier• Canyon• Fall line• Bay• Cliff• Peninsula