Making a Salt Dough Map of Arizona

GeoLiteracy
GeoSTEM
Legacy
Lesson Plan Content
Description: 
In this lesson, students will gain a better understanding of the 3 regions of Arizona, mountain, plateau, and desert, by using a 3 to 1 ratio to build a 3D map of Arizona.
Author: 
Sara Jenkins
Grade Range: 
3-5
Duration: 
2 class periods
Lesson Materials
Teacher Instructions: 
Standards
National Geography Standards: 
1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information
2: How to use mental maps (a person's internalized picture of a part of Earth's surface) to organize information about people places, and environments
3: How to analyze the spatial organization of people places, and environments on Earth's surface
4: The physical and human characteristics of places