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Build a Landform

Land and Water

Day 105of 180
Week 21of 36
25Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Identify different types of landforms

2

Create 3D models of landforms using play dough

3

Understand how landforms appear on maps

📖 Scripture Connection

Genesis 1:10

“God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters he called Seas. God saw that it was good.”

— Genesis 1:10 (WEB)

God created the beautiful land and water we will explore today

📦 Materials Needed

  • Play dough (green and blue)
  • Blue paper
  • Green paper
  • Labels or small sticky notes
  • Plastic knife or craft stick
  • Small globe
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (5 min)

Gather students and show a globe. Ask them to point out land and water. Explain that today we'll create our own landforms using play dough.

💭 Review Question: Can you show me where the land is on this globe?
2Teaching (7 min)

Today we will learn about different landforms. Landforms are shapes of land on Earth. Some are tall like mountains, some are flat like plains, and some are low like valleys.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Mountains are high places on Earth
  • Valleys are low areas between hills or mountains
  • Plains are flat areas of land
  • God created all these wonderful landforms
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What landforms have you seen before?
  • Do you remember what a mountain looks like?
  • Can you describe a valley?
3Activity: Landform Creation (10 min)
hands-on

Students will create landforms using play dough on blue paper (representing water).

📝 Instructions:
  1. Take green play dough
  2. Create a tall mountain by rolling and pushing up dough
  3. Make a flat plain by smoothing dough
  4. Create a valley by making two hills with a space between
  5. Label each landform with a sticky note
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Teacher helps students shape basic landforms

Challenge: Students create more complex landform combinations

4Closing (3 min)

Share and discuss the landforms created

📝 Review Questions:
  • What landform did you make?
  • How is a mountain different from a valley?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, thank You for creating such wonderful and beautiful land for us to explore.

Coming up: Next week, we'll learn more about how water moves on Earth!

💎 Memory Verse

Psalm 104:5

“He laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved forever.”

— Psalm 104:5 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Trace the outline of a mountain while saying the verse

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

First graders are learning to recognize basic geographic features

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Encourage creative exploration
  • Help children name their landforms
  • Use gentle guidance during activity
🤔 Common Struggles:

Difficulty understanding 3D representation of landforms

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Ability to distinguish between different landform types

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Take a nature walk and identify local landforms
  • Read a children's book about geography
  • Draw landforms in a sketch book

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