Students practice topographic map-reading skills, pattern identification, and model building as they draw a topographic map of a fictitious mountain and then build the mountain represented by the map’s contour lines.
Grades covered: 2 through 8
Curriculum Topics: Earth and Human Activity, Earth Systems, Geography, Map Reading, Modeling, Spatial Thinking
Standards
Idea Sheets are cross-referenced to subjects listed in the Common Core, Next Generation Science Standards, and California Content Standards.
Categories include:
- Earth and Space Science
- Grades K-2
- Grades 3-5
- Grades 6-8
- Science
Tags: Earth Systems, Earth History, STEAM Activity, science
Subjects covered: Earth & Space Science