Originally Posted by
Wudeater and Wife
Not sure what age group you are working with...and this may seem a little strange, but....when I was a kid, I was taught about topo using a potato.
Yes, a potato. We cut the potato in 1/2 the long way <> and then cut it horizontally again and again and again. Until there were 3 - 5 slices some thick and some thin. Then traced along the outside of each ring. You'd have to use the long potatos not round ones. I hope you were able to follow that.
Good luck.
And the best thing about this is afterwards you can fry up the cut potatos and make home-made French Fries!
Those were Maine potatos right Wudeater . . . and not those Idaho potato wanna-bes, right? Speaking of which . . . it's getting difficult to determine where some potatos are being grown. Shop N' Save (excuse me, Hannaford now) sells Arrow Farm potatos that are packaged in Massachusetts but the packaging only says they're grown in the US -- doesn't list out which state.
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the realization that there is something more important than fear."
"Death is only one of many ways to die."