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Maps of Landforms Activity for Kids
Make a Landscape DIY
- Duration: 20-30 min
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: $0 to $10
Make a map out of food and eat it when you are done!
Material List
- 1Paper plate
- 2Mixing bowls
- 1Pack of graham crackers
- 1Pack of cookies
- 1Container of frosting
- 1Blue and green food coloring
- 1Plastic fork or knife
- 1Pack of chocolate chips
- 1Sheet of paper
- 1Pack of colored pencils
Instructions
- 1Mix regular frosting and food coloring to make blue and green frosting.
- 2Spread green frosting on top of the graham crackers.
- 3Lay the graham crackers on one side to represent land.
- 4Make an ocean on the other side of the plate with blue frosting.
- 5Add mountains to the land by using chocolate chips.
- 6Now draw your map with colored pencils.
- 7Start by making a map key, then draw the shapes and color them in.
- 8Compare your drawn map to the one you made out of food.
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How It Works
Physical maps use shapes, colors and symbols to show us landforms. Scientists use maps to share what they know about the natural features of Earth’s surface; such as mountains, forests, lakes, rivers and islands. All maps should have a key, also called a legend, to help us understand the map.
Check out the Full Lesson on Maps of Landforms
In this lesson, we learn that:
- Maps show us where things are located on Earth.
- Physical maps can show us landforms.
- Political maps can show us the outlines of countries.
- Weather maps can show us weather in different areas.
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