Geography and Landforms

Reading and Materials List

Required Books

• The Geography Book: Activities for Exploring, Mapping, and Enjoying Your World by Caroline Arnold
• Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall

Materials

Common Materials

• crayons, markers, or colored pencils
• scissors
• "World Map"
• colored pencils
• ruler
• permanent markers
• pencil
• "Postcard"
• crayons, colored pencils, or markers

Lesson 1

• tape
• camera or cellphone

Lesson 2

• card stock paper or a file folder
• glue
• large orange (a type that peels easily)
• piece of heavy paper (such as a file folder)
• plastic knife or butter knife
• round balloons (blue is best)
• scissors (optional)

Lesson 3

• sandbox, sand table, beach, or other sandy area
• pitcher
• index cards* (3.3 - Option 2)
• journal
• non-toxic modeling clay
• large plate, small plate, and cup
• graph paper* (3.3 - Option 1)
• 2' x 3' board
• 3' length of rubber hose or flexible plastic tubing
• brown or gray construction paper* (3.3 - Option 2)
• funnel
• transparent tape* (3.3 - Option 2)
• white paint

Lesson 4

• wallpaper paste* (4.3 - optional)
• tape measure
• fine-tipped permanent marker
• flour* (4.3 - optional)
• large potato
• paint* (4.3 - optional)
• paper clips
• modeling clay* (4.3 - optional)
• newspaper* (4.3 - optional)
• salt* (4.3 - optional)
• sawdust* (4.3 - optional)
• sheet of newspaper

Lesson 5

• pen or marker
• hole punch
• tracing paper* (5.1 - Option 2)

Lesson 6

• glue or tape

Lesson 8

• Linzer Plätzchen recipe ingredients* (8.4 - Option 2)

Lesson 9

• packaging tape

Final Project

• stapler
• glue or glue stick
• blank paper
• construction paper

* - denotes an optional material that may or may not be used