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Clay Models of Landforms

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Clay Models of Landforms (30 minutes) : Students are at seats

  1. Students will be at their desks and materials will be passed out/available in the back.
  2. Students will be given direction on how to set up their paper. (I will have a sheet upfront and model my directions as I go.)
  3. The students will fold their paper in sixth and write a landform definition in each section.  (Definitions will be made available up front.)
    • As students are folding, I will make a connection to math and ask the students “ What is sixths?”. I will model how to fold the paper upfront.
  4. Once the students complete the directions, I will then give them a stick of clay.
    • I will cut the stick in sixths so students will be able to make a model of all six landforms.

**If students finish early, students can color each section of the landforms. For example, color blue around the barrier island, green around the plain. This will help students reinforce and make connections of where these landforms are found. Students may need to wait for clay to dry before they color.

In additions, students should be allowed to work in pairs. I will be circulating the room and engaging students by asking them to explain the steep sides they created for mountains, or why they flattened their clay out for the valleys, or why their mountains were taller than their hills.

To view the full lesson, please see the blogpost: Landforms are Everywhere:4th Grade Lesson Plan Idea!


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