Watersheds and Salt Dough Maps

This week we have been getting our hands dirty with watershed models and salt dough maps.

On Monday, we used soil, food coloring, blocks, foil, and water to simulate what happens with pollution in our Chesapeake Bay watershed. Ask your students what we discovered!

Our rudimentary watershed model

On Tuesday, we used the salt dough that was made at home to make a map of Virginia's regions. The class did a really nice job and I was impressed with the variety of bright colors that came in!

Salt dough can be messy!

We are having a great week so far!