Harvard University
Harvard University: Maps and Mapping
This site is provided for by Harvard University. Students follow a map on a scavenger hunt, create a map of their classroom and their town, learn how to read topographic maps, and discover latitude and longitude in these inquiry activities.
Other
Unh Dimond Library: Historic Usgs Maps of New Hampshire
A site with a very plain map, that contains links to detailed maps of more specific areas in New Hampshire.
US Geological Survey
Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation: Watershed
Explore the characteristics of a watershed through these multiple intelligences learning activities. Activities will help young scholars define a watershed as well as read the features on a topographic map. Site also includes background...
US Geological Survey
Usgs: Finding Your Way With Map and Compass
This resource has a topographic map that tells you where things are and how to get to them. Use this site to help you use a map and compass to determine your location.
National Association of Geoscience Teachers
Nagt: Crate Lake Map Assignment
This exercise gives students a chance to compare a topographic map with a 3D map, and then use the maps to answer questions. The questions highlight student gains using 3D to interpret surface features.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Sandbox Modeling
Students create landforms using layers of colored sand, then construct a topographic map and a cross-section. This is an investigation that was presented to pre-service science teachers. The format would be similar with students, with...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Map Projections
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How to use topographic, bathymetric, and geologic maps.
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.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mn Step: Student Created Landform Maps With Glacial Emphasis
An activity where students work together to make topographic maps of a local park. The map must include a key and the grid locations of landforms in the park.
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Math Graphs
Houghton Mifflin: Math Graphs: Direction and Vectors 2 [Pdf]
Students use a topographic map to sketch the paths of steepest descent. The resource consists of an enlarged printable version of a topographic map available in PDF format.
Math Graphs
Houghton Mifflin: Math Graphs: Orthogonal Trajectories 3 [Pdf]
The handout investigates orthogonal trajectories on a topographic map carried by a group of hikers. The map is available in PDF format.