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Ordnance Survey: Map Zone: Relief and Contour Lines
Discover how to read and show height on maps using relief and contour lines.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Geo Map App Learning Activities: Rules of Contouring
Using GeoMap software, students learn how to read topographic maps, and the rules for using contour lines on a map. Detailed teacher and student handouts are provided. (GeoMap software can be downloaded at: http://www.geomapapp.org/.)
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Jason: Topographic Maps What Can They Tell Us?
Rainforests at the Crossroads: Explore the topographic map of Barro Colorado Island (BCI); find the elevations of different locations and how far apart they are. Also determine the steepness of the land by observing the contour lines on...
Geographypods
Geographypods: Map Skills
A collection of highly engaging learning modules on various topics within mapping skills. Covers map symbols, how to use four- and six-figure grid references, cardinal directions, distance, contour mapping, and drawing cross-sections....
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Topographical Maps, Contour Lines and Profiles
For this mapping field lab students determine the elevation of a given object in a designated area on the school campus using cartography tools. Then they use of these tools to create a contour map of the area.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Let Them Eat Cake! Topography Lesson
Contour lines on topographic maps require visual processing to read and interpret. This hands-on activity helps give a tasty mental image.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Visualizing Topography
This module helps learners learn to identify terrain features on topographic maps. Students manipulate animations of hills, valleys, and cliffs to see the terrain from various angles. The module also provides instruction on how to read...
National Association of Geoscience Teachers
Serc: Mapping Potato Island
In this hands-on activity, students make a topographic map to describe the shape of a potato. They will gain an understanding of how contour lines are used to describe the shape of the land surface.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Getting to the Point
In this lesson, learners learn how to determine location by triangulation. We describe the process of triangulation and practice finding your location on a worksheet, in the classroom, and outdoors.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Topography of Fruit
This is an attempt to help students understand contour lines in map-making through the vector of digital photography. This hands-on activity will create an art piece out of fruit that will be analyzed to create topographic maps.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Antrim and Londonderry, 1908
A detailed travel map of Ireland in 1908, showing portions of counties Londonderry, Antrim, and Tyrone. The map shows first class and secondary roads, railways, cities, towns, ports, rivers, terrain, and coastal features of the area....
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Haddington & Berwick, 1908
A detailed travel map of southeastern Scotland from 1908, showing portions of counties Edinburgh, Haddington, Peebles, Selkirk, and Roxburgh. A portion of Northumberland (England) north of Rothbury is shown. The map shows first class and...
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: Lake District and Isle of Man, 1908
A detailed travel map of western England around the Lake District and the Isle of Man from 1908, showing portions Westmoreland and Lancashire counties. The map shows first class and secondary roads, railways, cities, towns, coastal and...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Bear Valley Region, 1911
A map of a portion of the San Bernardino Mountains near Big Bear Lake in 1911. The map is based on the USGS San Gorgonio quadrangle, with contour intervals of 500 feet. "Bear Valley and the adjacent country exhibit the subdued relief...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: King's County, 1908
A detailed travel map of Ireland in 1908, showing all or portions of counties Westmeath, King's, Galway, and Queen's. The map shows first class and secondary roads, railways, cities, towns, ports, rivers, lakes, terrain, and coastal...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Cork and Youghal, 1908
A detailed travel map of Ireland in 1908, showing portions of counties Cork and Waterford. The map shows first class and secondary roads, railways, cities, towns, ports, rivers, lakes, terrain, and coastal features of the area. This map...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Tralee and Kilkee, 1908
A detailed travel map of Ireland in 1908, showing portions of counties Clare and Kerry. The map shows first class and secondary roads, railways, cities, towns, ports, rivers, lakes, terrain and coastal features of the area. This map uses...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Cavan and Monaghan, 1908
A detailed travel map of Ireland in 1908, showing all or portions of counties Tyrone, Armagh, Fermanagh, Monaghan, Cavan, Leitrim, Longford, and Meath. The map shows first class and secondary roads, railways, cities, towns, ports,...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Dublin and Wicklow, 1908
A detailed travel map of Ireland in 1908, showing all or portions of counties Meath, Dublin, Kildare, and Wicklow. The map shows first class and secondary roads, railways, cities, towns, ports, rivers, lakes, terrain, and coastal...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Galway and Connemara, 1908
A detailed travel map of Ireland in 1908, showing portions of counties Galway and Clare, with the western section of Connemara labeled "Joyces Country." The map shows first class and secondary roads, railways, cities, towns, ports,...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Limerick and Tipperary, 1908
A detailed travel map of Ireland in 1908, showing all or portions of counties Clare, Limerick, Tipperary, and Waterford. The map shows first class and secondary roads, railways, cities, towns, ports, rivers, lakes, and terrain features...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Cornwall, 1908
A detailed travel map of the southwestern tip of England from 1908, showing portions of Cornwall County. The map shows first class and secondary roads, railways, cities, towns, ports, rivers, terrain and coastal features of the area....
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: East Kent, 1908
A detailed travel map of southeastern England from 1908, showing portions of Kent County. The map shows first class and secondary roads, railways, cities, towns, ferry routes across the Strait of Dover with distance in miles, rivers,...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Devon North, 1908
A detailed travel map of southwestern England from 1908, showing the northern portion of Devon County. The map shows first class and secondary roads, railways, cities, towns, coastal and terrain features of the area. This map uses...