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Contour Maps – Lesson # 1

Lesson Overview: This lesson is intended to be an investigation into reading of, and modeling from, a standard USGS topography (contour) map.

Time Resources: This lesson is designed for a time period of 90 minutes.

Objectives: Students will be able to investigate and design contour maps and model landscapes using contour maps.

Educational Instruction:

Activity #1, Paragraph writing, What is a Map? – 5-10 minutes.

Reading – 5-10 minutes.

Question Form – 5 minutes.

Activity #2, Creating a Contour Map and Model – 40 minutes

Reading and Activity #3, Creating a Shaded Relief Map – 35 Minutes.

Materials Needed: The materials needed for this lesson include, pencil and notebook paper (to create contour map), push pins (to locate contour line on cardboard), shears (to cut along contour lines on cardboard), 10 notebook paper size cardboard rectangles/per student (to create the topographic model) and glue for the model layers.

Assessment: Assessment is to be made of the student’s paragraph writing. Other assessment is embedded in informal questions within the text and within a formal assessment quiz inclusive of entire unit at the end of the unit lessons.

Contour Maps – Lesson # 1

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