Where am I?

• Sketch a map of your route to school in your notebook.

Takes 3D features and places them on a 2D paper.

Contour Line – A line on a topographic map that shows elevation above sea level.

If you walk along a contour line you neither gain or lose elevation.

If you walk along a beach exactly where the water meets the land, the water surface marks an elevation we call sea level, or zero.

Mapping Hand Land1. Trace an outline of your hand on a piece of paper2. Draw contour lines about ¼” from the outside line. Repeat until your lines fill the entire interior of the tracing.3. Draw three dots on the back of your hand.4. Draw the same dots on your hand drawing.5. Write a prediction about where you think water will flow once it hits those dots in your WATERS notebook.6. Use the water droppers to pour four to five drops on your hand.7. Record your observations and results in your WATERS notebook.

Topo ShmopoWhy would we use topographic maps?