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Making
and using
a model can
help you learn
about different
landforms.
felt and sand
construction paper
and scissors
pebbles
cardboard
clay-dough
Materials
Use the materials to make a
model of the landform on
the cardboard.
Decide whether you would
like to make a model of
a hill, a plain, or a cliff.
What to Do
What does a landform look like?
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Use a Model What are the characteristics
of your landform?
Explain Your Results
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1. How many groups of rocks did you make?
2. Classify How did you decide how to
group your rocks into piles?
Explain Your Results
Communicate Write a
sentence about each group
of rocks to tell how they
are alike.
Classify Sort the rocks into
groups that are alike in some
way.
Observe the rocks with the
hand lens. Think of ways they
are alike and different.
What to Do
How are rocks alike and different?
Materials
rocks
hand lens
Observing
can help you
classify rocks
into different
groups.
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What does a landform
look like?
Draw a picture of the landform you made. Write
the kind of landform on the line.
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Explain Your Results
Use a Model What are the characteristics of
your landform?
A plain is flat and grassy. A hill can be gentle or steep,
with or without grass. A cliff is very steep and is
usually rock.
Notes for Home: Your child made a model of a landform and communicated its
characteristics.
Home Activity: With your child, make a model and discuss the characteristics of
another type of landform.
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How are rocks alike
and different?
Sort the rocks into groups that are alike in some
way. Write a sentence about each group.
Answers will vary.
Possible characteristic used to group rocks include
size, shape, color, and texture.
Explain Your Results
1. How many groups of rocks did you make?
Answers will likely be numbers between 2 and 5,
depending on how much variation students notice in
the rocks.
2. Classify How did you decide how to group
your rocks into piles?
Notes for Home: Your child observed rocks with a hand lens and sorted them into
groups that were alike.
Home Activity: With your child, collect some rocks and sort them into
groups that are alike. Discuss how the rocks in each group are alike and the
characteristics they share.
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Answers will vary, but may include size, shape, color,
and pattern such as the presence of speckles or
bands.
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