As part of one of the curriculums we use, Tapestry of Grace, it suggested making a salt map this unit. THe purpose is to do a hands-on study of basic landforms. My guys love hands-on anything! So I rolled up sleeves, got ready for a messy kitchen and went to work!
The dough is basically flour, water, and a whole lot of salt. Then you put it in a foil pan and mold it into different shapes to model landforms. 
Here is one of the models.
After they dried, we painted and labeled them. More mess. But it was worth it! Each boy created a new "world" with about 10-12 landforms on it. 
Zach had a glacier, volcano, sound, lagoon. Call me crazy... but i didnt even know what a archepelago was before this! Even mom learns new things sometimes!
Tyler's included a volcano, iceburg, and bay.. along with many others.
It was such a fun project! Far from perfect, but sometimes the mess and crookedness and imperfection of "kid art" is just plain sweet.
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