Why would Robert E. Lee order Pickett's Charge, an action that changed the course of the Civil War? Geographer and historian Anne Knowles uses digital technology to explain what she thinks is the missing piece in trying to understand...

Sometimes it is difficult to grasp topographic maps. Here is a clever presentation designed to help your middle school earth scientists understand. Beginning with a side view of a pair of mountains, a graphic guy walks up one slope. As...

Students examine the built environment and infrastructures of their community by constructing contour equipment, using the equipment, and comparing their results to current topographical maps of the same area

Introduce middle or high schoolers to topographic maps with this PowerPoint. After a review of longitude and latitude, display and describe contour lines and intervals. Also explain map scale. This is a useful presentation for a social...

Begin by showing a six-minute video, Changing Planet: Rising Sea Level as an anticipatory set. Pupils draw a topographic map of a potato continent. Finally, they will visit NOAA's sea levels online map and NASA's carbon dioxide...

Underclassmen create a cone-shaped landform and then draw a contour map for it. Then they examine a quadrangle (which was easily located with an online search), and relate it to what they experienced. The accompanying worksheet is...

Students explore the element of "line." In this beginning art activity, students listen to the book Harold and the Purple Crayon, then describe the types of lines Harold drew. Students identify straight lines,  jagged lines, curvy...

Students analyze the details of a topographic map and create one of their own by utilyzing a map of elevations.

Learners research USGS maps and identify the major features. In this map skills instructional activity, students identify low and high elevations on a USGS map and practice finding latitude and longitude.

In this contour map learning exercise, students create 3 different contour maps by highlighting all the data points with the same value and connecting the dots.

In this Cauchy-Goursat Theorem, students sketch and classify domains. They evaluate integrals and explore the analytic function. This two-page worksheet contains approximately ten problems.

For this integral formula worksheet, students evaluate integrals. This worksheet contains examples and explanations of Cauchy's Integral Formula, as well as higher derivatives of analytical functions. There are nine problems on this...

Students examine topographic maps and discover how to decipher contour intervals, use contour lines and apply information to complete a topographic map lab. Working in groups, they identify the scale of the map, latitude and longitude,...

Seventh graders practice reading maps.  In this geography instructional activity, 7th graders compare a topographical map to a picture of the actual place. 

First graders are introduced to and practice the concept of melody when connected to music. They distinguish and demonstrate melodic contour as well as sing a song with accurate melody. Each student discriminates between the pitches and...

For a picture of a topographical map, go to this page. There is some information to help you understand what they are.