Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Jason: Topographic Maps What Can They Tell Us?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Topographical Maps, Contour Lines and Profiles

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
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.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Map Projections

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How to use topographic, bathymetric, and geologic maps.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Maps

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How to use topographic, bathymetric, and geologic maps.
Unit Plan
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Topographic Map Activity

For Students 3rd - 8th
An activity to practice interpreting contours.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Let Them Eat Cake! Topography Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Contour lines on topographic maps require visual processing to read and interpret. This hands-on activity helps give a tasty mental image.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Visualizing Topography

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
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...
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National Association of Geoscience Teachers

Serc: Mapping Potato Island

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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.
Activity
Math Science Nucleus

Math Science Nucleus: Topographic Maps

For Students 3rd - 5th
For a picture of a topographical map, go to this page. There is some information to help you understand what they are.
Website
City University of New York

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Treasure Hunt

For Students 9th - 10th
Looking for enrichment? Here's an online treasure hunt requiring skill with directions, distance, contour maps, latitude, and longitude. Also supplementing the activity are interactive quizzes on latitude, longitude, and other related...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Topography of Fruit

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
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.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Examining Topography Stream Discharge Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students problem solve stream discharge by estimating, measuring, and collecting data. Students graph actual contour lines, and use these measurements to hypothesize stream discharge and sediment load from a restored wetland using a dry...
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Visualizing Topography

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the topography of a hill, a valley, and a cliff in this interactive activity featuring visualizations of three-dimensional topography in two dimensions. Adapted from Stephen Reynolds' "Visualizing Topography."
Graphic
Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Elevations of the Asian Continent, 1912

For Students 9th - 10th
An orographic map of Asia from 1912 showing average elevations and land features of the region. The map uses color-contouring to show land elevations from depressions below sea level to above 12,000 feet. Offshore fathom contour lines...
Graphic
Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Orographical Map of North America, 1911

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1911 of North America, Central America, Greenland, and the Caribbean showing mountain systems (orographical), highlands, plains, and major rivers of the region. The map uses colot-contouring to show general land elevations...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: River Basins of Asia, 1912

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1912 showing the various drainage basins across the Asian region. This map is color-coded to show watersheds draining to the Pacific Ocean in pink, to the Indian Ocean in green, to the Arctic Ocean in purple and inland basins...
Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Arizona Highlands, 1911

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from the U.S.Geological Survey Camelback quadrangle (1911) showing the waste-bordered mountains of the Arizona Highlands. The text notes the lack of a permanent stream, the large number of intermittent streams as shown by the...
Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Antrim and Londonderry, 1908

For Students 9th - 10th
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....
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Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Lake District and Isle of Man, 1908

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Bear Valley Region, 1911

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: King's County, 1908

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Cork and Youghal, 1908

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Tralee and Kilkee, 1908

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Cavan and Monaghan, 1908

For Students 9th - 10th
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,...

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