Our World: Slat and Flour

Salt and flour maps is something that is very accessible to teachers and students and is fun to work with. Creating salt and flour maps brings out the creativity in everyone. In groups, we were to create a salt and flour map of a country of our choice. We also used food coloring and sprinkles and other cake decorations to give the finishing touch to our maps. Our group decided to do the country of Itlay. While creating the map, we also learned many new things. We had to do some research in order to be able to complete our map and put in extra features that would make our map look better. Some members of our team even learned that there are volcanoes in Italy! Amazing. When we finished working on our maps, we got to share them with the rest of the class. We were able to learn about our country and also about the countries that were chosen by other groups. This activity did not talke a long time, and proved to be very educational. The materials involved were not many and they were not expensive. Making salt and flour maps in the classroom is something that would be available at a low cost to the teacher, if students are not able to provide their own. Below are pictures of the Italy map that my group created.

For more information on how to create salt and flour maps, click on the link below.

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