Landforms: Visual
Vocabulary
different ways to practice landforms visually. . .
http://saltdough.logitechproducts.co.cc/saltdoughmapspainting/
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