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: Today
 
maps
 
are
 
used
 
by
 
people
 
to
 
find
 
places
they
 
have
 
not
 
seen. Let’s
 
say
 
you
 
are
 
asked
 
to
 
find
the
 
nearest
 
high
 
school
 
from
 
your
 
house. You
 
could
walk
 
aimlessly
 
from
 
your
 
house
 
and
 
hope
 
you
 
find
 
a
school. However,
 
if
 
you
 
were
 
thinking,
 
you
 
would
  
use
a
 
local
 
map
 
to
 
help
 
locate
 
the
 
nearest
 
high
 
school. The
 
scale
 
on
 
the
 
map
 
can
 
help
 
you
 
determine
 
the
distance
 
and
 
the
 
legend
 
reveals
 
what
 
map
 
symbol
is
 
a
 
high
 
school. The
 
direction
 
in
 
which
 
you
 
should
walk
 
can
 
also
 
be
 
determined. However,
 
you
 
may
need
 
a
 
compass
 
to
 
walk
 
in
 
the
 
direction. Let’s
 
learn
about
 
other
 
types
 
of
 
maps
 
and
 
their
 
uses. TOPOGRAPHIC
 
MAPS
 
Teacher
 
note
Students
 
may
 
be
 
unfamiliar
 
with
 
topographical
 
maps. Ask
 
the
 
students
 
why
 
a
 
hiker
would
 
want
 
to
 
know
 
the
 
“lay
 
of
 
the
 
land”
 
before
 
setting
 
out
 
on
 
a
 
hike?