Launch
Students will enter the project through hands-on Peru Journey Stations, notice how mountains, rivers, and coasts help people, and begin naming questions and ideas they will investigate in later lessons.
Day 1
🗺️ Peru Journey Stations
Launch 45m
Observe & Question
Students will investigate how Peru’s mountains, rivers, and coasts help people by rotating through hands-on stations, collecting picture and model evidence, sorting what they observe, and co-creating a simple class question, hypothesis, and evidence-gathering plan for their future dioramas.
Days 2 - 5
🗺️ Peru Journey Stations
Launch 45m
📸 Map Clues and Sorts
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
❓ Class Question and Proof Plan
Research 45m
🧱 First Landform Build Check
Project Work 45m
Analyze & Share
Students will organize evidence from their Peru observations, use teacher and peer feedback to improve their dioramas, and rehearse clear oral explanations that connect mountains, rivers, and coasts to how people live, work, and travel.
Days 6 - 8
📊 Peru Evidence Pattern Chart
Knowledge/Skill Building 40m
🛠️ Diorama Fix-It Round
Project Work 50m
🗣️ Travel Fair Talk Practice
Assessment 45m
Showcase
Students will present their completed Peru Travel Fair dioramas and oral explanations to families and staff, answer simple questions using geography words and evidence from their models, and end with a brief celebration reflection about one improvement they made.
Day 9
🌎 Peru Travel Fair
Assessment 45m