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Landforms Activities, Map Skills, and Writing Project
Landforms Activities, Map Skills, and Writing Project
Landforms Activities, Map Skills, and Writing Project
Landforms Activities, Map Skills, and Writing Project
Landforms Activities, Map Skills, and Writing Project
Landforms Activities, Map Skills, and Writing Project
Landforms Activities, Map Skills, and Writing Project
Landforms Activities, Map Skills, and Writing Project
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"This landforms resource was engaging, interactive, and perfect for combining geography, map skills, and writing into one meaningful project. My students especially enjoyed the hands-on activities and visual components that helped bring the concepts to life."
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Marlee D.
"This has been a great resource I've used with a variety of grade levels (special education) over the years!"
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Marta H.

Description

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

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Landforms Activities, Map Skills, and Writing Project

Linda Kamp
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$7.50

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2 Weeks

What others say

"This landforms resource was engaging, interactive, and perfect for combining geography, map skills, and writing into one meaningful project. My students especially enjoyed the hands-on activities and visual components that helped bring the concepts to life."
star
Marlee D.
"This has been a great resource I've used with a variety of grade levels (special education) over the years!"
star
Marta H.

Description

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

Report this resource to TPT
Reported resources will be reviewed by our team. Report this resource to let us know if this resource violates TPT's content guidelines.

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Great Resource
Rated 5 out of 5
June 25, 2026
Great addition to my lesson plans and activities.
Tara M.
1,042 reviews • Georgia
Great Resource
Rated 5 out of 5
June 1, 2026
This is a great resource that your students will really enjoy.
467 reviews • Pennsylvania
Grades taught: 3rd, 6th
Student populations: Autism, Emerging bilinguals, Learning difficulties, Mild to severe disabilities
Hands-On Landforms & Map Skills Unit
Rated 5 out of 5
May 30, 2026
Met expectations
Great value
Standards-aligned
This landforms resource was engaging, interactive, and perfect for combining geography, map skills, and writing into one meaningful project. My students especially enjoyed the hands-on activities and visual components that helped bring the concepts to life.
Marlee Davis
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459 reviews • Arizona
Grades taught: 2nd, 3rd
Student populations: Emerging bilinguals, Learning difficulties
great resource
Rated 5 out of 5
May 17, 2026
Met expectations
Great value
Standards-aligned
This has been a great resource I've used with a variety of grade levels (special education) over the years!
Hammonds' Hangout
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199 reviews • Alabama
Grades taught: 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th
Student populations: Autism, Emerging bilinguals, Learning difficulties, Mild to severe disabilities
A well crafted resource
Rated 5 out of 5
April 28, 2026
This was a very engaging and comprehensive resource for my second graders. It was a great way to supplement the curriculum in an engaging and creative way.
Jaime P.
698 reviews • New Jersey
Grades taught: K, 2nd
I love using this resource every year!
Rated 5 out of 5
March 24, 2026
Met expectations
Great value
Standards-aligned
The worksheets and craft always gets the students excited! I love this product!
Jayla Q.
24 reviews
Grades taught: 3rd
Well created
Rated 5 out of 5
March 16, 2026
This was a great resource to add to our curriculum for our unit on landforms.
Shannen Summers
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500 reviews • Nebraska
Grades taught: 3rd, 4th, 5th
Student populations: Mild to severe disabilities
thanks so much
Rated 5 out of 5
March 16, 2026
Met expectations
Great value
Standards-aligned
This file was just what I needed for landforms ,Thanks!
Jessica P.
424 reviews • Alabama
Grades taught: 2nd

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Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.
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