We first smashed newspaper. We tacked it to a board. Then we mashed it. Soon we will paint it. The final thing we will do is to name it. ...Christopher S.

We made landforms yesterday. We made them out of newspaper and paper mache (wheat paste). It was a relief map when we finished. Jordan P.

October 7, 1998, Mrs. C. let us do landforms on a board. We taped the mountains in place. We are almost done. ...Evan M.

On Thursday, October 8 we made paper mache relief maps in social studies. We made it on an 18" X 18" board. Mrs. Brown's class and Mrs. Campbell's class made them. That's what we did on Thursday in Social Studies. ... Marlee

We made a relief map. My pod had fun. You have to have newspaper and wheat paste goo. I had fun with paper mache. ...Jared

At school I made a relief map. My group helped me with it. We're not done yet. Both classes made a total of 9 maps. I hope we get done soon. ...Michael C.

We did a project of landforms. We took a board and taped newspaper to it. When it is dry we will put more paper on it. We are painting it as we learn about land forms. We might put trees and rivers on too. ..Amber J.

We had to do paper mache. They were relief maps with the Rockies and the oceans. We put tops or points on the Rockies. The Rockies are the biggest mountains by the desert. The mountains start down, up, down, up and than down some more. ...Danielle F.

I like making relief maps. Nick, Autumn, TJ, Lance and I made it. When we used the paper mache it smelled weird. I've made paper mache before. It is a lot of fun. ...Anne A.

Yesterday we made relief maps. We used newspaper and wheat Paste. On Monday we will put on a layer of paper toweling. The people in our group are Meghan, Katherine, Jared and me. It was great fun. ..Trevor M.

On Thursday we used paper mache. We dipped newspaper strips in wheat paste. We put the strips on a board. We made mountains with it. They are drying right now. Travis M.

Yesterday we made a relief map of the landforms found in the U.S.. It was fun but it was hard, too. I like doing projects with paper mache. Projects are fun to do. ...Brandon S.

A relief map is a map that goes above a solid surface. We made a relief map. They are fun to make. I hope we do another one soon. Tim V.

It is fun making paper mache maps. It is kind of hard and very gooey! We are going to paint it. This is my first time making one. Try it sometime. ...Hunter B.

My table made a relief map. We put the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachian on it. Later we are going to make rivers. Kathy, Trevor, Jared and I made it. Now we are proud of what we made. Maghan N.

Making a relief map was a lot of fun. I like doing the mountains with paper mache. I liked making the Rocky Mountains. The Appalachian Mountains were easier to do. I can't wait to paint the water, water edges and the mountains. This is fun. ..Nathan G.

Making a relief map was fun! I like doing paper mache, even though it is very messy. I like making the Appalachian Mountains. The Rocky Mountains were harder to do. I can't wait to do it again. ... Stephanie C.

We did landforms. It is fun . I like paper mache projects. Social Studies is a lot of fun. ...Justin S.

Yesterday my class made paper mache landforms. It was fun making it. First, we turned newspaper into a bunch of strips. Then we dipped them into mache. (Wheat Paste) After that we layered them on the roles of paper we put on the day before. Finally, we let the landforms dry. We will paint them as we read about Landforms. ...Todd L.

My group made a relief map. We made mountains out of newspaper and paper mache. We did a project on landforms. Relief maps are cool. ...Haley D.

Our paper mache was really fun, but it feels yucky! We made mountains out of it. It was fun. ...Tayler F.

We made a relief map yesterday. We used newspaper to make mountains. After we were done with our mountains we used wheat paste. We are going to paint it too. It was fun. ...Ryan H.

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