Instruct students, in groups of two or three, to create a map from a sheet of butcher or white mural paper. Have students include a legend designating specific symbols for various landforms. The map may be an interpretation of a state, a country or a continent, depending on academic level. Younger students may benefit from creatively mapping landforms using teacher-devised symbols, such as a triangle for a mountain, a square representing a plateau, a blue circle for bodies of water and brown dots for desert regions.
Using a prepared rice krispie mixture, students can form a plateau (which is similar to a mountain with the tip cut off, revealing a flat surface toward the top) with their hands. Cover the puffed rice plateau with moldable chocolate or a thick layer of chocolate frosting. Cut plants and trees to adorn the edible landform from lime-flavored, green fruit candies; strategically place them on the chocolate before it hardens, or stick to the frosting. Share the treat among classmates after the landform presentation.
Prepare a blue raspberry gelatin mixture in a round mixing bowl and refrigerate until almost firm. Set a semicircle of a melon or an enlarged sugar cookie in the center and refrigerate again until completely firm. The melon rind or the cookie will appear as an island. Decorate the island with frosting or fondant molded palm trees. If using a cookie, sprinkle cinnamon and sugar over the treat to appear as sand on the island.
Instruct students to prepare a diorama on a specific landform, such as a desert. Use play sand or crushed graham cracker crumbs to line the bottom of a shoe box. Insert plastic toy palm trees and cacti. Add other animal life typical of desert regions, such as camels, by creating them from paper or finding plastic toys from a dollar or discount store. Adapt the diorama to any landform.