October 18, 2016 Aims: SWBAT identify key features on topographic maps SWBAT identify landforms on topographic maps Agenda 1. Do Now 2. Class Notes 3. Guided Practice 4. Independent Practice 5. Practicing our AIMS: Homework: ES.15 Topographic Maps How will you help our class earn all of our S.T.R.I.V.E. Points? 1
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SCIENCE 8 Topographic Maps ES.15 Name: Date: Homeroom: Earth s Surface OBJECTIVES: By the end of class, students will be able to SWBAT identify key features on topographic maps SWBAT identify landforms on topographic maps DO NOW Direction: Read and ANNOTATE the information for facts and evidence. 1. What is a good title for this map? 2. Put a star by the compass rose. 3. Circle the legend/key. 4. Put a triangle around the scale 5. What does the star on the map mean? 6. Which city is southeast of Beijing? 7. Which river is south of the Yangtze River? 3
CLASS NOTES 3D INFORMATION IN A 2D REPRESENTATION TOPOGRAPHIC MAP: 4
ELEMENTS OF ELEVATION Topographic maps are incredibly useful for showing relationships regarding elevation. ELEVATION: CONTOUR LINES: CONTOUR INTERVALS: INDEX CONTOUR: 5
SLOPE: The of contour lines indicate slope. Contour lines that are Contour lines that are DIRECTION OF RIVER FLOW: 6
GUIDED PRACTICE Directions: Read and ANNOTATE each question before you solve the problem. 1. The topographic map shows several features associated with a river. Write a landform in each blank box that identifies the feature shown. Then, in the same box, write a process that identifies how the feature was formed. Write one landform and one process in each blank box. You do not need to use all the labels. 2. Describe how the contour lines in this map indicate that the Saranac River flows from Point A to Point B. Use ICE to support your reasoning. 7
Help! Mr. Searles got lost on his way to school! (Before GPS, this could have been a true story) Directions: Follow the directions below. At each step, make a dot. Connect the dots in order to create your map. 1. Make a star at the chapel, located at the north end of town. 2. Follow Canario Creek 1.7 km up-stream to Canario Lake. 3. Walk north along the western shore of Canario Lake to a campground. 4. At the camp, follow Canario Creek up-stream from the lake until you are due west of Puma Peak, a mountain in the chain to the east. 5. Turn east, cross Canario Creek, and climb 300 m in elevation. 6. Keeping your elevation at 300m, head southwest to Mount Burro. 7. From Mount Burro, look for the campground on the shallow slope to the east and walk down to it. 8. Head south from the campground to Cantando Creek. 9. Follow Cantando Creek downstream to a stream bed entering the creek from a canyon to the southeast (Lobo Creek). 10. Follow Lobo Creek up the canyon to an elevation 360 m above Cantando. 11. Follow the contour to the south and east until you are directly between two peaks, Mount Lobo and Mount Solo. 12. You found Mr. Searles! Mark his location with an X Important Map Information: 1. Carefully review the map below. Familiarize yourself with the scale and the legend. 2. The numbers and letters along the edges of the map are used to locate features on the map. For example, there is a chapel located in B10. 3. Note that the contour interval for the map is 60 m. 8
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INDEPENDENT PRACTICE Directions: For each key term, explain the big idea to a kindergartener. Then, draw a picture to illustrate the word. Term Concept Picture Contour Intervals Elevation Slope 10
Directions: Read and ANNOTATE each question before you solve the problem. 11
1. What is the elevation in meters of point X? 2. What is the elevation in meters of point Y? 3. What is the elevation in meters of point Z? 4. What is the difference in elevation in meters between points X and Y? Contour Interval: 20 m 5. What is the difference in elevation in meters between point Y and the highest point on this landform? 6. What is the difference in elevation in meters between points X and Z? Contour Interval: 20 m 7. What is the elevation in meters of point A? 8. What is the elevation in meters of point B? 9. What is the elevation in meters of point C? 10. What is the difference in meters between the two points labeled A and C? 12
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Science 8 Name: SKILL SNAPSHOT Date: ES.15: Topographic Maps Homeroom: Quick Notes: Read and ANNOTATE the information before you solve the problem. Like A Scholar? Yes No Redo? Yes No 1. State the general compass direction in which the stream is flowing in the given map. State how contour lines provide the evidence for determining this direction. 2. Some hikers have decided to climb the mountain on the map. Should they start at Point P or Point Q for the easiest climb? State how the contour lines provide evidence for your suggestion. 15
Imagine you are taking a hike through a national park. The park ranger gives you a topographic map to help you find your way. Use the map below to answer the following questions. 3. At what end of the park is the ranger s station? 4. What is in the northwest corner of the park? 5. How many trees are in the park? 6. At what elevation is the ranger s station? 7. At what elevation is the bridge? 8. How many cabins are at or above an elevation of 750 m? 9. How high is the highest point in the park? 10. The river has eroded away some of the soil. Which way is the river flowing? How do you know? 16