Hands+On+Activity


 * //Lesson //**: Land and Water Formations

Using a paper plate, pencils, and candy, students will individually draw their own island and make a land and water formation map of the island, including a key, with the candy representing the various land and water forms. (PA.SS.G.7.1.3.B – Identify and locate places and regions – physical landforms. PA.SS.G.7.2.3.A – Identify the physical characteristics of places and regions.)
 * //Objectives//**:


 * //Materials/Resources//**:
 * 1) Paper plates
 * 2) Various types of candy
 * 3) Pencils


 * //Timeline//**: This lesson is an activity at the end of a unit learning about land and water formations, and covers one class period of approximately 30 minutes.


 * //Review/Anticipatory Set//**: Review briefly with the students the land and water formations they have learned about so far. Tell students that today they are going to make a map that includes some of those formations.


 * //Procedures//**: Give each student a paper plate, and tell them that on the paper plate, using their pencil, they are to draw an island. It can be whatever shape they want it to be. After they have drawn their map, show the students the candy and tell them that they are going to be using the candy as representations of the various land and water formations they have been studying about. Tell the students that they must have at least two different land formations and two different water formations on their map, but they can use whatever candy they wish to represent them. After the students have laid out their maps, tell them to create a key, showing what the different types of candy represent. For example, perhaps a Twizzler's Pull & Peel represents a river.


 * //Closure//**: Bring closure to the lesson by telling the students that they did a wonderful job creating their maps and that they may now eat their candy.


 * //Individual Assessment//**: Students will be assessed on whether or not they had two different land formations and two different water formations on their map, and whether or not they created a key for their map.