Curated OER
High Up in the Himalayas
Have your class supplement their knowledge on the Himalaya mountain range. In a brief handout, they read about the land masses that collided to form the Himalayas and other mountain ranges. It also touches briefly on the Earth's...
Curated OER
Weathering and Erosion and Driving the Rock Cycle
In this science activity, students find the vocabulary terms related to weathering and erosion. The answers are found at the bottom of the page by clicking the button.
Curated OER
Indiana Ice Investigations
Fourth graders create a model of the formation of Indiana by glaciers. Working in groups with appropriate materials, they create a model documenting how glaciers moved through the land and formed the geological structure and land masses...
Curated OER
Making a Globe
Students examine the mercator projection or nautical chart and observe how global maps do not have the same distance as flat maps. They design handmade globes using the meridians and equator as guides to draw in the land. They paint and...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Map and Compass Lab
Science Scope article presents an activity on topography and land masses that helps young scholars learn about scientific inquiry. Students also practice making and interpreting scale drawings and learning about computation, estimation...
The Franklin Institute
The Franklin Institute: Land Mass Formation
The Franklin Institute has provided a demonstration that theorizes how the earth's crust was formed. This is a lesson plan that needs only a few materials.