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: Maps
 
have
 
been
 
used
 
for
 
centuries. A
person
 
who
 
creates
 
map
 
as
 
a
 
profession
 
is
called
 
a
 
cartographer. USES
 
OF
 
MAPS
Teacher
 
note
Brainstorm
 
ways
 
in
 
which
 
maps
 
are
 
used. List
 
the
 
students’
 
ideas
 
on
 
the
 
board. Maps
 
can
 
be
 
used
 
in
 
evaluating
 
natural
 
resources; in
 
analyzing
 
and
 
forecasting
weather
 
conditions; in
 
agriculture,
 
fisheries,
 
and
 
general
 
commerce; and
 
in
 
regional
planning. Maps
 
help
 
in
 
navigation
 
and
 
locating
 
places
 
by
 
sea,
 
air,
 
and
 
land. Maps
 
are
 
important
 
to
 
scientists
 
concerned
 
with
 
the
 
causes
 
and
 
effects
 
of
 
the
distributions
 
of
 
phenomena,
 
in
 
such
 
disciplines
 
as
 
geology,
 
oceanography,
 
meteorology,
climatology,
 
animal
 
and
 
plant
 
ecology,
 
agronomy,
 
economics
 
and
 
the
 
social
 
sciences,
 
as
well
 
as
 
geography
 
itself.