Understanding and Making Contour Maps.

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ERIC Number: EJ263673

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1982-May

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Understanding and Making Contour Maps.

Science and Children, v19 n8 p32-34 May 1982

Activities are suggested for helping students understand the nature of contours (lines of constant geographic elevation), including instructions for preparing a contour map with an apparatus constructed with a sharpened stake and perpendicular crossbar, plumb line (washer tied to string), and a soda straw. (SK)

Descriptors: Junior High Schools, Map Skills, Middle Schools, Science Activities, Science Education, Science Equipment, Science Instruction, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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