Title: 
Headings: EARTH SCIENCES - TYPES OF MAPS
EARTH
 
SCIENCES
 
-
 
TYPES
 
OF
 
MAPS

MATERIALS:
 

WHAT
 
IS
 
A
 
MAP?

Teacher
 
note

USES
 
OF
 
MAPS

Teacher
 
note

TOPOGRAPHIC
 
MAPS
 

Teacher
 
note

GEOLOGIC
 
MAPS
 

Teacher
 
note

QUICK
 
ACTIVITY
 
-
 
MAPS
 
-
 
GEOLOGIC
 
MAPS

PROCEDURE:


Content: There
 
are
 
many
 
ways
 
to
teach
 
map
 
reading. Learning
 
how
 
to
 
find
 
north,
 
read
 
a
 
legend,
 
distances
 
and
 
location
 
are
standard
 
skills
 
that
 
are
 
taught
 
in
 
geography. However,
 
you
 
can
 
teach
 
map
 
reading
 
skills
and
 
science
 
at
 
the
 
same
 
time. Maps
 
become
 
exciting
 
when
 
you
 
use
 
them
 
to
 
make
understanding
 
science
 
easy. Ask
 
students
 
about
 
what
 
they
 
think
 
a
 
map
 
represents
 
and
 
write
 
their
 
responses
down
 
and
 
discuss
 
with
 
class. You
 
may
 
want
 
to
 
check
 
out
 
two
 
websites
 
with
 
information
 
on
 
maps: map
 
is
 
a
 
picture
 
or
 
representation
 
of
the
 
Earth's
 
surface,
 
showing
 
how
 
things
 
are
related
 
to
 
each
 
other
 
by
 
distance,
 
direction,
 
and
size. Maps
 
are
 
a
 
way
 
of
 
showing
  
many
 
things
about
 
a
 
portion
 
of
 
the
 
earth's
 
surface
 
on
 
a
 
flat
piece
 
of
 
paper
 
that
 
can
 
be
 
carried
 
and
transported
 
easily. A
 
map
 
is
 
not
 
a
 
photograph
 
of
the
 
Earth's
 
surface. It
 
can
 
show
 
many
 
things
 
that
a
 
picture
 
cannot
 
show,
 
and
 
as
 
a
 
result,
 
a
 
map
looks
 
different
 
in
 
many
 
ways
 
from
 
a
 
photograph
of
 
the
 
Earth's
 
surface.