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Science · Grade 2

Water and Land on Models

Learners name the shapes of land (mountains, hills, valleys, plains, islands) and bodies of water (oceans, lakes, rivers, ponds), label them on a model, and read maps as flat models of Earth, finding oceans on a world map. Then they discover where Earth's water is: almost all of it in the salty oceans, some frozen as ice and snow, and only a little as liquid fresh water.

  • 3 lessons
  • About 75 minutes
  • Land, water and maps check: 8 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, label a picture, pick map regions, match pairs, type a number and sort into groups
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What learners will discover

  • Identify and describe kinds of land (mountain, hill, valley, plain, island) and bodies of water (ocean, lake, river, pond) on a model.
  • Use a map as a model: read a map key and locate oceans on a world map.
  • Identify where water is found on Earth and whether it is solid or liquid, salty or fresh.

Lessons

  1. Shapes of land and water 4 steps2 practiceabout 24 min
  2. Maps are models 4 steps2 practiceabout 24 min
  3. Where is Earth's water? 6 steps3 practiceabout 27 min
  4. Land, water and maps check 8 questions at the end

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