Make your science lessons come alive with these landforms activities that include a landforms building and narrative writing project! Students explore 20 different landforms, build landform islands, practice map skills, and much more! Combining science, writing, and literacy activities, this highly engaging, hands-on unit includes ready-to-use lesson plans, mini-lessons, 20 full-page landforms posters, and a variety of printable landforms activities and assessments. Your students will love the landform island-building project and writing creative personal narratives about their islands. The unit is loaded with resources to help your students build, plan, and write, and the detailed teacher's notes will save you time and make planning a breeze! Are you looking for a landforms unit that also teaches Earth changes? CLICK HERE for a complete Landforms and Earth Changes science unit . Landforms included: peninsula canyon volcano island plateau mountain desert waterfall hill valley bay plain/prairie ocean lake river glacier isthmus delta cave cliff Included in the unit: Detailed 2-week lesson plan with minilesson Landform Islands building project using salt dough or air-dry clay Project directions with photos 20 Full-page landforms posters Creative narrative writing project -with planning pages, writing mini lesson on using adjectives to make writing more interesting, publishing paper, and map activity Graphic organizers for defining, comparing, and categorizing landforms Landform assessments & answer keys Additional activities ideal for literacy centers: Map skills & cardinal directions game in 2 skill levels Landform vocabulary & definitions booklet Comparing landforms flap book Geography Jabber game with landforms spinners Please download the preview to see everything included. Happy teaching! Linda Kamp Around the Kampfire See my entire line of science units in print and digital formats. Click here for all 2nd grade science units Click here for all 3rd grade science units
