PROJECT! CHANGING WATER, CHANGING LAND During the Ice Age, ice covered nearly one-third of the earth’s land. See what this looks like by making a model.
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Put the biggest base sheet that fits, inside the box. This will be the ocean floor.
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If you have more base sheets, stack them up on the bottom one to make your land. The more you have, the better.
SUPPLIES **large clear plastic box or container **Lego base sheets and blocks **water **ice cubes **paper cup **freezer **Ice Age journal **colored pencils
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Add colored blocks to make mountains, cliffs, and other land forms.
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Pour enough water in the box to cover the lowest base sheet. Add more water so that it reaches halfway up your lowest block.
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Add 4 to 6 ice cubes to one end of the box to show today’s glaciers. Mark the water level on the blocks above water.
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Sketch your land in your Ice Age journal.
Take out the Lego land and pour some of the water from the box into the paper cup. Put the cup into the freezer along with the ice cubes. Put the Lego land back into the box and water.
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