RPSEC Student Programs for
South Carolina & Georgia Schools

 

Mapping Landforms

Student Programs Lesson Information, Standards Correlations, and Post Visit Activities

Mapping Landforms: (Grades 7-12 • 60 minutes) Students create a topographic map of a model mountain and discover how mountains, plateaus, and other landforms are represented by specific contour patterns. Using topographic maps of our area, students will locate their school, the site of the Graniteville train wreck, Hitchcock Woods, and more. They learn how to determine the direction of stream flow and how topographic maps are used by hikers, miners, and air traffic controllers. Students develop math and graphing skills as they make a topographic profile.

Traveling Science Kits that support or extend this lesson
Pre & Post Visit Activities

This lesson supports the following science standards:

South Carolina Schools

Georgia Schools

Grade 8: SCSS 3.9
Grade 8: SCMS 2.1, 2.7

Grade 8 Science
Earth’s Structure and Processes
Standard 8-3: The student will demonstrate an understanding of materials that determine
the structure of Earth and the processes that have altered this structure. (Earth Science)

Indicators:
3.9 Identify and illustrate geologic features of South Carolina and other regions of the
world through the use of imagery (including aerial photography and satellite imagery) and topographic maps.

  

Please direct inquiries to:
Ruth Patrick Science Education Center
c/o Student Programs
USC Aiken, Box 3, 471 University Parkway, Aiken, SC 29801
(803) 641-3313 from Augusta 278-1967 Ext. 3313

RPSEC@usca.edu

Copyright © 2008 by the Board of Trustees of the University of South Carolina.

Ruth Patrick Science Education Center
Center of Excellence in Educational Technology
University of South Carolina Aiken
471 University Parkway
Aiken, SC 29801
803-641-3313

URL: http://rpsec.usca.edu/student/Programs/Mapping/MappingLandforms.html (April 2008)