Sixth Grade Gets Goopy Exploring Topography

Mrs. Damon’s class constructed salt maps to help learn the topography of our country. The students labeled the main regions, mountain ranges and important rivers. Getting messy and having some fun always helps learning!

There were several steps to this project:

Drawing the map on the board

Mixing the salt dough

Putting it on the map

Paint and label

The final parts of this project were for student groups to present their maps to their peers and then the students used the maps to review and quiz each other on geographic features to prepare for assessment.