DO NOW
Monday
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Complete your New Year’s Resolution by answering the
questions in complete sentences on your DO NOW
sheet.
1. What is one thing that you want to improve upon in
this class?
2. Why did you pick this as an area for improvement?
3. What 3 steps will you take to make sure you achieve
your goal?
4. How will you know when you have achieved your
goal?
Agenda
Today’s
Agenda
-Make a Do Now pocket in INB
-Review Classroom Expectations
-Team building
Homework Grade Level: Topographic Maps
Pre-AP: Topographic Maps
QUIZ ON FRIDAY
Pocket Folder for Do Nows
V: 1
Staple a colored sheet of paper on the last page
of your INB. This will be where you will keep your
DO NOWs.
Staple
Classroom Expectations
V: 1
Complete the Classroom Expectations card sort
with your shoulder partner.
Team Building: Tallest Tower
V: 2
Each group will receive a bag that has 12 pieces
of spaghetti, a string, and a foot of masking tape.
The goal is make the tallest tower.
You will have 15-20 minutes.
Team Building: Tallest Tower
V: 0
In your INB, answer the following questions:
1) What did your group do well together?
2) What could your group have improved on?
3) If you were going to attempt this assignment
again, what would you do differently?
Team Building: 2 Truths, 1 False
V: 0
On a scratch piece of paper, write 2 truths and 1
false about yourself.
Students will share with each other and then the
class.
DO NOW
Tuesday
V: 0
On your DO NOW sheet, create a Venn Diagram
comparing the topographic and physical maps at your
table.
TEKS
8.9 (C) interpret topographic maps and satellite
views to identify land and erosional features and
predict how these features may be reshaped by
weathering.
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
- How does Earth’s surface change?
DAILY OBJECTIVES:
Students will create a topographic map of Mount Capulin.
VOCABULARY
Contour Line
Contour Interval
Altitude
Successive
Topographic Map
Satellite View
Land Feature
Erosional Feature
Weathering
Erosion
Elevation
Depression
Mesa
Mountain
Hill
Runoff
Plain
Valley
Agenda
Today’s
Agenda
-Mount Capulin Activity
-Exit Ticket
Homework Grade Level: Topographic Maps
Pre-AP: Topographic Maps
QUIZ ON FRIDAY
Mount Capulin Activity
V: 2
1. Place the plastic model in the clear plastic box.
2. Tape the transparency sheet to the top of the box so that you
still have room on one end of the box to pour water in.
3. Fill the plastic box with water up to the 1 cm mark.
4. Using a marker, carefully trace where the water makes contact
with the model.
5. Fill the plastic box to the 2 cm mark and trace where the
water makes contact with the model.
6. Repeat this procedure until the lines have been drawn at each
water level and the model is completely submerged.
Mount Capulin Activity
V: 1
Transfer the topographic map to white sheet of paper by placing
the transparency behind the white paper and tracing it.
Title your map “Mt. Capulin”. Then tape it in your INB.
Mount Capulin Activity
V: 1
Calculate the elevations for each contour line and add these to
your topographic map.
1 cm = 250 ft.
Altitude at the bottom of the box (the base of the volcano) is
6,280 feet.
0 cm = 6,280 ft
1 cm = 6280 ft + 250 ft = 6530 ft
Mount Capulin Activity (Pre-AP)
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ANSWER THE QUESTIONS IN YOUR INB:
1. Describe the general shape of the contour lines when you are
mapping a hill or a mountain. Use specific examples from our
topographic map in your answer.
2. What is the relationship between the closeness of the lines
and the steepness of the slope?
3. Would it be possible to distinguish a basin (an area of land
that is lower at the center than it is at the edges) or a
depression (an area that is lower than its surroundings) from
a mountain on a topographic map? How would you show
this?
Mount Capulin Activity (Grade Level)
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ANSWER THE QUESTIONS IN YOUR INB:
1.Describe the general shape of the contour lines when
you are mapping a hill or a mountain. Use specific
examples from our topographic map in your answer.
When mapping a hill or a mountain, the general shape
of the contour lines forms a…..
Mount Capulin Activity (Grade Level)
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ANSWER THE QUESTIONS IN YOUR INB:
2. What is the relationship between the closeness of the
lines and the steepness of the slope?
In a topographic map, the closer the contour lines are to
each other, the ________________ it is.
The further apart the contour lines are, the
____________ it is.
Mount Capulin Activity (Grade Level)
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ANSWER THE QUESTIONS IN YOUR INB:
3. Would it be possible to distinguish a basin (an area of
land that is lower at the center than it is at the
edges) or a depression (an area that is lower than its
surroundings) from a mountain on a topographic
map? How would you show this?
Exit Ticket
V: 0
Compare the topographic map of West Austin to East
Austin. What are the differences? How does the map
show this?
West Austin
East Austin
DO NOW
Wed/
Thrs
V: 0
On your DO NOW sheet, answer the following question:
What land feature does the map show? How do you
know?
TEKS
8.9 (C) interpret topographic maps and satellite
views to identify land and erosional features and
predict how these features may be reshaped by
weathering.
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
- How does Earth’s surface change?
DAILY OBJECTIVES:
Students will interpret topographic maps and satellite views
to identify land and erosional features.
VOCABULARY
Contour Line
Contour Interval
Altitude
Successive
Topographic Map
Satellite View
Land Feature
Erosional Feature
Weathering
Erosion
Elevation
Depression
Mesa
Mountain
Hill
Runoff
Plain
Valley
Agenda
Today’s
Agenda
-Topographic Maps and Play-Doh
-Cornell Notes
-Card Sort
-Weathering Activity
-BrainPop Video
-Satellite Images
-Before & After
Homework Grade Level: Topographic Maps
Pre-AP: Topographic Maps
QUIZ ON FRIDAY
Topographic Maps & Play-Doh
V: 2
With your group, create an accurate model of each of the
topographic maps.
After you have made a model, call your teacher to check it for
accuracy.
Then, sketch a profile of the landform.
Tape the sheet into your INB.
Cornell Notes
In your INB, create Cornell Notes for the following terms:
Topographic Map
Contour Line
Weathering
Erosion
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Cornell Notes
V: 0
In your INB, create Cornell Notes for the following terms:
Topographic Map
A map that shows the shape of the land,
elevation, and changes in elevation.
Contour Line
Weathering
Erosion
A line that connects points that are at the
same elevation.
Far apart = gentle/flat
Close together = steep
The mechanical or chemical processes
that break rock into smaller pieces.
The process by which wind, water, ice,
and gravity remove and transport
sediments from one place to another.
Card Sort
Students will complete the 2 card sorts with their shoulder
partner.
One set of cards is yellow, the other set is blue.
Once you have complete a card sort, raise your hand so the
teacher can check your work.
V: 1
Weathering Activity
Create the following table in your INB.
Prediction
Description
Profile
Drawing
Wind will
cause…
Weathering by
wind caused…
A light rain
will cause…
Weathering by
light rain caused…
A flood will
cause…
Weathering by a
flood caused…
V: 1
Topographic
Map
Weathering Activity
V: 1
Using the sand in the plastic container, make a
mountain.
Make predictions about how wind, light rain, and
a flood will change the shape of the mountain.
Weathering Activity
V: 1
Using the straws at the tables, blow air onto the sand
mountain to demonstrate wind erosion.
Draw a picture of the sand mountain after wind erosion
and make observations about how the mountain has
changed.
Weathering Activity
V: 1
Using the pipette, model a light rain on the sand
mountain.
Draw a picture of the sand mountain after rain erosion
and make observations about how the mountain has
changed.
Weathering Activity
V: 1
Pour ¼ cup of water on the sand mountain to model a
flood or a river rushing through an area.
Draw a picture of the sand mountain after the flooding
and make observations about how the mountain has
changed.
BrainPop Video
Watch BrainPop video.
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Satellite Images
V: 0
What land feature does the satellite image show?
Satellite Images
V: 0
What land feature does the satellite image show?
Mississippi River Delta
Satellite Images
V: 0
What land feature does the satellite image show?
Satellite Images
V: 0
What land feature does the satellite image show?
Mount St. Helens (volcano)
Satellite Images
V: 0
What land feature does the satellite image show?
Satellite Images
V: 0
What land feature does the satellite image show?
Rio Grande River
Satellite Images
V: 0
What land feature does the satellite image show?
Satellite Images
V: 0
What land feature does the satellite image show?
Grand Canyon (canyon, river, plateau)
Before & After
How has weathering and
erosion changed the
landscape?
V: 0
Before & After
V: 0
How has weathering and erosion changed the
landscape?
Before & After
V: 0
How has weathering and erosion changed the
landscape?
DO NOW
Friday
V: 0
On your DO NOW sheet, make 5 observations about how
the area has changed after erosion from El Nino.
TEKS
8.9 (C) interpret topographic maps and satellite
views to identify land and erosional features and
predict how these features may be reshaped by
weathering.
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
- How does Earth’s surface change?
DAILY OBJECTIVES:
Students will interpret topographic maps and satellite views
to identify land and erosional features.
VOCABULARY
Contour Line
Contour Interval
Altitude
Successive
Topographic Map
Satellite View
Land Feature
Erosional Feature
Weathering
Erosion
Elevation
Depression
Mesa
Mountain
Hill
Runoff
Plain
Valley
Agenda
Today’s
Agenda
-Grade homework
-Quiz
-Cover Page for Weather Unit
Homework Grade Level: Topographic Maps
Pre-AP: Topographic Maps
QUIZ TODAY
Homework
Grade homework.
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QUIZ
Read and re-read the passage.
Underline the question
Bubble important words
Identify the key idea, write it in margin.
Eliminate the wrong answers
Select the correct answer ✓
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Homework
V: 0
In your new INB on page 7, create a Weather
cover page that includes the word “Weather” and
3 pictures that you think of when you hear the
word “weather”.