EARTH+SCI_February+23-27


 * **Monday Feb 23rd** |||| __Finish Sonar boxes__

1. Create 3D models of unknown landforms from profiles

2. Answer analysis questions ||
 * **Tuesday Feb 24th** || __Transition into Topography__

1. Relate bathymetry to mapping on land

2. Introduce contour maps - notes on using/reading contour maps

3. Intro to Clay Contour Mapping activity - break into groups, sketch side view of model ||
 * **Wednesday Feb 25th** || __Contour Maps__

1. Clay Contour Mapping activity - clay models in clear tupperware containers - add colored water in intervals and trace the visible form from above on a transparency - creates a contour map

2. Each group does a second contour map - write 5 differences between the two maps

3. Make one map a town - name the town - add features necessary for the town (roads, schools, grocery stores, etc). Create a legend. - make sure features make sense with geography - no roads going straight up mountains or schools on the edge of a cliff ||
 * **Thursday Feb 26th** || __Wickford Quandrangle__

1. Preview into reading detailed topographic maps - tie in yesterday's activity of making the contour maps into topographic maps

2. Read a topographic map of a local area (Wickford, RI) and answer questions about features, legends, etc. ||
 * **Friday Feb 27th** |||| __Wickford Quandrangle__

1. Finish answering questions about the topographic map

2. Review the map as a class and answer student questions ||