Topography Activitie

Hi guys, today I wanted to share with you some topography activities we did during our geography study. 

We started of by watching this YouTube video. It was a really good introduction to a topic that might be hard to understand. 

After the video we made a our own playdough mountain. We used floss to cut the different layers. We then traced it on to our paper. The further the contour lines were from each other the flatter that part of the mountain is. The closer the lines are together the steeper the mountain is. 

We also used foam sheets to make another example of contour lines. 

Older boys used cardboard to make their contour lines. This was such a fun and beautiful activity. You can get the full instructions from Beauty of Plays map curriculum.  She has book suggestions and more topography hands on activities to make this lesson come to life. 

Here is another really good video we watched demonstrating how mountains are drawn on a map. 

If your looking for more mountain projects and unit study ideas, check out our mountain diorama post.