California Relief Map : 4th Grade

Each student was asked to make a California Relief Map, using dough, salt, and water. At school, first she made an outline of California on paper. Using this outline, she formed the relief map out of dough. Once the dough hardened she painted the relief map. The map was mounted on cardboard.

The following recipe was used to make the salt dough:

• Mix together 4 cups of flour and 2 cups of salt.
• Slowly pour in 1 ½ to 2 cups of water. (Add water only as needed.)
• Knead well.

Map includes the following:

• The San Joaquin River
• The Sacramento River
• The Sierra Nevada Coastal Range
• The Coast Mountain Range
• The four main regions (desert, Central Valley, mountain ranges, coast)

Field Trip : Fourth Grade

This year Hrishika's class went on a field trip to Sacramento. This was an all day (7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M) field trip and covered some of the important spots in California history. It is an important field trip for 4th graders since it covers lot of what they have learnt in social studies this year.

This field trip was different in the sense, that the kids got to ride a luxury bus instead of a school bus. They were allowed to eat food on the bus and watch DVDs. So the kids were super excited. Here are some of the sites they visited and the pictures taken. Click on the links (links appear in orange) or the picture to find out more about the places visited.

• Eagle Theater
  
  



• Sutter's Fort
  
  



• State Capitol Building
  
  



• Wells Fargo Museum
  
  Here's a link to read more about the Wells Fargo's history
  
  



• Railroad Museum
  
  Here's another link to read more about Railroad Museum History.
  
  

Here's slide show of all the pictures from the Sacramento Field Trip.