Mountains
Main Topics | Standards | Science Probe | Lessons | Resources
- Main Topics & Concepts
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How to interpret and create a topographic map.
- Standards
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SFUSD Performance Standard 17.4 - "...They
should recognize that major earth processes...are associated with plate boundaries.
Students should understand that convective processes affecting the crust produces
convergent and divergent plate boundaries, and they should to locate these major plate boundaries."
- Science Probe Text
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In Science Probe I Chapter 11, Section 11.1 students learn how mountains fold and what a fault is.
Activity Access Description No Science Probe activities for this topic. - Activities & Lessons
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Activity Access Description Building a Topographic Model UCMP
Students learn to visualize, in three dimensions, features represented by contour lines on a topographic map. Submarine Mountains UCMP
Students create a 2-dimensional contour map of a submerged area from a survey using simulated sounding techniques. Discovering Topography San Diego State University
"Discovering Topography" is an online resource/activity from SDSU that provides an introduction to understanding and making topographic maps. Also presented is a hands-on activity to construct topographic maps from 2-D and 3-D data. The 2-D data are available as GIF files and the 3-D models must be constructed. Teacher's Guide to the SFBA Geophysics Maps USGS
A teacher's guide to two USGS maps showing gravity and magnetic data in contours superimposed on a LANDSAT image. A useful generalization of the mapping concepts. - Resources
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Resources Access Description Map Database US Geological Survey (USGS)
This site provides information about maps and related data for: geology, hazards, earth resources, geophysics, geochemistry, geochronology, paleontology, and marine geology.