INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAP BUILDING

THIS PROJECT INVOLVES PARENT PARTICIPATION! MAHALO!

The preparation of the board has already been done in school. The assignment is to use the celluclay (the gray substance in the Ziploc bag) to fill in your island.

1. Start constructing at the mountain peaks (the ‘X’ marks this point) and continuing along the right (marked by ‘x’). The celluclay provided should be more than enough for the construction of the island.

2. Build all 5 mountains/volcanoes and rifts before moving toward the edges of the island. It’ll be easier to fill in the white spaces once the mountains/volcanoes are constructed.

3. When this is done and you are ready to cover the outline of the island, use your paper clip (unwind one end to make a pointer) and slowly push and poke the clay so it is right on the pencil line.

4. Keep in mind that the thickest parts will be at the mountain peaks and rifts. The rest of the island needs to be covered with a thin layer of the celluclay.

5. Due to the fact that the island will probably take about 2-3 days to dry, maybe even four with the weather we’ve been having, I suggest that once the map is constructed, you place it in the trunk of your car for faster drying.

6. Below you will find a sketch showing what the topview as well as the side view should look like.

7. Again, you should have more than enough celluclay to construct your whole map. However, if for some reason you run out of celluclay, jet let you map dry. When you come to school on Wednesday, November 14, 2001, I will help you continue where you left off. Also, on Wednesday we will prepare our board for its painting stage.

8. Have a great 4-day weekend and have fun building your very own relief map of the Big Island!

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