Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Carve That Mountain

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this activity, students further investigate major landforms (e.g., mountains, rivers, plains, hills, oceans and plateaus). They build a three-dimensional model of a landscape depicting several of these landforms. Once they have built...
Handout
Other

Ellen's Place: Thomas Moran, Artist of the Mountains

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical overview of Thomas Moran, renowned artist of western landscape paintings. Includes gallery of artwork.
Article
National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids: Afghanistan

For Students 3rd - 8th
Afghanistan is located in Central Asia with Iran to the west and Pakistan to the east. Tall, forbidding mountains and dry deserts cover most of the landscape of Afghanistan. The jagged mountain peaks are treacherous and are snow covered...