Hands-On+Activity

=Hands-On Activity=

** Hands-on Activity for Elementary Social Studies ** (Example) ====**Student Name**: Julia Deitch Trayer ==== ====**Activity Topic:** Topographic Maps ====

**Grade Level**: 4-5

**Materials:** Play-doh, floss, paper, pencil, scissors, sand paper, blue glitter paper, green foam, brown construction paper, glue and tape.

**Learning objective:** Using play-doh, floss, paper and pencil, students will mold the play-doh in to the shape of a mountain. Using the floss, the students will cut about three layers of the mountain and trace each section on the paper creating a topographic map. After a lesson and viewing pictures of topographic maps, students using paper materials will create their own landform topographic map.

** Activity Description: **
 * The teacher will first hand out play-doh to each student and have them create a mountain. Then, using the floss the students will cut the mountain into different layers and trace each layer on the paper, creating a topographic map.
 * The teacher will then discuss that they created a topographic map and will show students what topographic maps look like. The teacher will give a lesson on how to read them.
 * Next, the teacher will show the pictures of landform topographic maps and discuss as a whole that the different colors display different landforms.
 * Then the students, using different colored and textured paper materials will create their own landform topographic map.

**Assessmen**t: Students will work independently on their play-doh mountains and trace each layer. Students will then, go on to create their own landform topographic maps displaying at least three different landforms.