Distinguish between types of maps. (i.e., political, physical, climatic, land-use resource, contour, elevation, and topographic.) 7.3.14

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1. Analyze visual representation of climatic data - animation of the 2-D or 3-D climatic maps
2. Contour Maps - introduction
3. Contour Maps - labeling contour maps
4. Contour Map Quiz - 6 to choose from
5. Geologic Map of Tennessee - shows deposits from the Cenozoic to the PreCambrian
6. Land-use resource maps - Peaks Island land usage maps.
7. Tennessee maps - elevation, political, and physical
8. Topographic Maps - This is a real-time 3D simulation that illustrates how topographic maps are created and used to depict changes in elevation. Students are able to sculpt mountains and valleys in real-time and see the changes to the corresponding topographic map.
9. What is a topographic map? - very clear explanation
10. World Political / Physical Maps - many to select from

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