. Map modeling in geography : including the use of sand, clay putty, paper pulp, plaster of Paris, and other materials : also chalk modeling in its adaptation to purposes of illustration. and shown in ac-companying figures. The board itself is two feet eight inches wide and three feetfour inches long, and is mounted upon a stand so as to be aboutthree feet two inches from the floor. The board may be placedhorizontally, or inclined, as shown. Each member of the class is provided with a small lap-board, 78 A Lesson with the Molding Board, sixteen inches by twenty inches, having strips of inch-mo
. Map modeling in geography : including the use of sand, clay putty, paper pulp, plaster of Paris, and other materials : also chalk modeling in its adaptation to purposes of illustration. and shown in ac-companying figures. The board itself is two feet eight inches wide and three feetfour inches long, and is mounted upon a stand so as to be aboutthree feet two inches from the floor. The board may be placedhorizontally, or inclined, as shown. Each member of the class is provided with a small lap-board, 78 A Lesson with the Molding Board, sixteen inches by twenty inches, having strips of inch-moldingtacked around the edges. Two handfuls of molders clay com-plete the outfit. A somewhat larger amount of sand is placed inthe large molding-board. Teacher.—Class will give strict attention to the directions,and carry them out carefully. a. Gather the sand in a conical pile near the center of theboard (Fig. 43). jd ^^?^ ^%^^-=^ /w y^ W^^^ // -^^^ ^^ r —~ =;— :=! — v Fig. 42. b. Divide the right-hand side of the board into thirds, andmark the upper third with a pinch of sand. c. Bisect the lower side, CD, and mark the central point. Advanced iVork in Sand Modeling. 19. I. Place the hands upon the top of the pile, and draw thesand in a narrowing and somewhat curved band toward the pointat the bottom of the board. So Molding from the Central Mass. 2. Return to the center, and draw the sand in a broad massnearly out to the point on the right. 3. Place the hands again at the center, and draw the sand ina broad oval mass toward the upper left corner at y3,half the dis-tance from 5 to ^. 4. Draw out a narrow line toward the point A. 5. Complete the outHne of South America by pushing thesand back at the proper points along the coast line. Follow thelarge outline map. It will be noticed that move (i) molds roughly the narrowmain axis of the continent; the next, (2), gives the broad expan-sion of Brazil and its secondary highlands ; while (3) and (4) ex-tend the main axis nort
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