A New Look at Making Raised-Relief Maps in the Classroom.

Harnapp, Vern; King, Debbie

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ERIC Number: EJ442130

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Publication Date: 1991

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A New Look at Making Raised-Relief Maps in the Classroom.

Harnapp, Vern; King, Debbie

Journal of Geography, v90 n5 p241-44 Sep-Oct 1991

Presents instructions for a class project to produce a raised relief map. Reports that students will learn to interpret elevations from contour lines, interpret map symbolization, realize that the area represented is a real area, and redefine the meaning of a map scale. Includes a list of materials needed and details of construction. (DK)

Descriptors: Cartography, Cooperative Learning, Geographic Location, Geography Instruction, Instructional Materials, Manipulative Materials, Map Skills, Maps, Secondary Education, Student Participation, Student Projects, Topography

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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