Dear Cartographers,

Today we will make our maps of Colorado. And we’ll make this model of land inside that invisible rectangle by using materials that came from that land:

• 2 cups of flour from the Great Plains that stretch into Eastern Colorado
• 1 cup of salt from mines like they have all over the state
• 1 Tbsp of cream of tartar that came from the inside of wine barrels like they have in vineyards in Palisade, CO
• 1 cup of water that came trickling down from the Rocky Mountains

Think about these resources as you’re forming your maps and ponder that big connection between the physical world we live in and the mental world we create out of it.

And make sure you keep a lot of flour on hand.

Sincerely,

Mr. Heimbuck