Students learn about topographic maps, including contour maps, by collecting data from a 3D model of a landform to create a contour map. Then the teacher provides direct instruction on contour map features, creating profiles, and calculating gradient, and students create profiles and calculate gradients for the contour map they created during the explore phase. Finally, students match typical geographical features to representations on a contour map and extend their thinking by identifying erosional processes on a contour map.
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- HS Biology
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- Chemistry
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- Living Environment & Earth Science ARCHIVE
- LE Resources: LE Getting Started
- LE Unit 1: LE: Characteristics of Living Things
- LE Unit 2: LE: Nutrients, Energy, and Biochemical Processes
- LE Unit 3: LE: Homeostasis in Human Body Systems
- LE Unit 4: LE: Disease and Disruption of Homeostasis
- LE Unit 5: LE: Comparative Reproduction
- LE Unit 6: LE: Genetics, Biotech, and Decision-Making
- LE Unit 7: LE: Ecosystems and Invasive Species
- LE Unit 8: LE: Climate Change and Human Impact: Extinction vs. Evolution
- LE Regents Prep Resources: Living Environment Regents Prep Resources
- LE Data Tools: Living Environment Historical Regents Data
- ES Resources: ES: Getting Started
- ES Unit 1: ES: Origin of the Universe and Our Solar System
- ES Unit 2: ES: Earth's Interior and Plate Tectonics
- ES Unit 3: ES: Landscapes and Surface Processes
- ES Unit 4: ES: Geologic History and Evolution of Life
- ES Unit 5: ES: The Earth-Sun-Moon System
- ES Unit 6: ES: Weather
- ES Unit 7: ES: Geography, Climate, and Human Cities
- ES Unit 8: ES: Review of Major Topics
- ES Regents Prep Resources: Earth Science Review Modules
- ES Data Tools: Earth Science Historical Regents Data Tools
- Bulk Downloader Demo Video