1 - Where Are We? ~5 mins
Look at the map of the land around our school. Our school is in the middle.
What do you notice about the colours and the lines?
Our question: where is the high ground and the low ground around our school, and how does the map show it?
2 - Talk and Learn ~6 mins
Look at each slide with the teacher. Listen for how colours and lines show high ground, low ground and steep ground.
Where is the highest ground near our school, and where is the lowest?
Is there any water?
Which colour told you?
Where do the contour lines crowd close together, and what is the ground like there?
High, low and water
In your copy, finish this sentence:
When the contour lines are close together, the ground is ...
Where is the highest ground and the lowest ground around our school, and how does the map show it?
What can our contour map not tell us about the land?
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