Contouring and Topo Maps

exercise ideas for teaching all grade levels the basics of contouring and topo maps. This seems to be a harder topic for kids to grasp, and this set up allows you to start teaching them much earlier on.

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Material Type: Drill and Practice

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Date Added to MERLOT: May 04, 2011

Date Modified in MERLOT: May 04, 2011

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Lorraine Remer

NASA

Submitter: Alaina Wood

Keywords: Topo, contour, 3 dimensions, estimation, elevation, topo maps, isobars, landscape, Contour, visualization, topography, 3 dimensional, map, Mapping, contouring

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