CREATE A LAND – MAKING YOUR OWN TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE

 

OBJECTIVE: Using your knowledge of the rules and symbols used on topographic maps, you will create a fictional, but accurate topographic quadrangle.

 

MATERIALS NEEDED:

 

PROCEEDURE:

  1. Construct a rough draft including all geologic features on a piece of notebook paper. Start with water; add contour lines, put in main roads, and railroads (details of your city need not be included yet).
  2. Get your rough draft approved by ME and pick up one piece of tag board.
  3. Based on your rough drafty, create your final copy using correct symbols, colors, and border information. Colored pencilsÉ no markers.

 

REQUIRED ELEMENTS IN THE BORDER (use actual maps to help you):

  1. Map Bearing: Create a way of giving a map bearing or direction. Use Area References such as those on the worksheet I gave you or an alphabet/number code like on a road map.
  2. Ration and graphic scale: The ration scale, ÒScale = 1:24,000Ó, should be printed on the bottom with the following graphic scale below it in black.

 

Graphic scale:

 

 

 

  1. Contour interval: ÒContour Interval = 10 metersÓ should be on the bottom in black.
  2. Compass direction: Mark the direction on your map.
  3. Location Map: A map of the state with the quadrangle location blacken in.
  4. Quadrangle name: Name your quadrangle in the top right corner in black.
  5. Your Name and the Date (of completion): Place your name and the date of completion of your map in the lower left hand corner in black.

 

REQUIRED FEATURES ON YOUR MAP: Create a landscape including at least 1 of each of the following items and using the proper colors (minimum features is 27 – maximum for extra credit is 45).

  1. Blue features (3): lake, river and/or streams, swamp and/or marsh
  2. Green features (1): forest area
  3. Black features (11): small city with roads, houses, buildings, church, school, airport, park with walking trails, railroad (single track), and gravel pit.

¤       Use a single black line for your roads – do not try to make them double

¤       Please note the size of the houses and building – do not make them too big

¤       Airports need to be built on flat, dry land with open room on each end of the runway (a single runway with a couple of hangers – buildings – is sufficient)

 

  1. Bench Marks (6): Place bench marks on 5 major features and label surface elevations of all major lakes (black for land, blue for lakes).
  2. Named features (6): Name your lake(s), river(s), and 4 other major features (mountains, ridge, glacier, etc).
  3. Brown features: Contour lines are to be drawn with a 10-meter interval. Remember to darken and number index contour lines (every 5th line). There should be a 300-meter difference between your highest and lowest elevation.

SCORE SHEET FOR ÒCREATE A LANDÓ

Name: _________________________________________             Hour: _________

 
 
 



BORDER ELEMENTS (8 pts)

Each check indicates a point.

1 _____ Map bearing system

2 _____ Ratio and graphic scale (bottom)

3 _____ Contour interval (bottom)

4 _____ Location map (bottom)

5 _____ Compass direction (bottom)

6 _____ Quadrangle Name (top right)

7 _____ Your name  (bottom left)

8 _____ Date (bottom left)

           

Score= _______

 

MAP FEATURES (10 pts)

A check will be placed in front of each feature identified on the map in correct color. The total number of checks will be added up and divided by 3 to determine your score.

Blue:    ___ ___ ___ lake(s)   

___ ___ ___ river(s)

___ ___ ___ swamp/marsh

Green: ___ ___ ___ forest areas

Black: ___ small city               ___ roads

            ___ houses                  ___ buildings

            ___ church                  ___ school

            ___ park                      ___ walking trail

            ___ gravel pit              ___ railroad

            ___ airport                   ___

            ___                              ___

Bench marks:

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ on land

            ___ ___ ___ on water

Named features:          ___ ___ ___ lake(s)

                                    ___ ___ ___ river(s)

            ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ other features

Extra:               ___      ___      ___

                        ___      ___      ___

                        ___      ___      ___

 

Total number of checks = _______  /3 =score

 

Score= _______        

 

 

 

 

 

COMPLEXITY (10 pts)

Each category below is worth 2 points.

1 _____     Multiple hills and valleys, with                 several lakes, rivers, and swamps

2 _____     The city is complex, not just         shaped red.

3 _____     Entire map has intricate features    fitting together with no major errors.

4 _____     Many contour lines and few flat    areas

Change in elevation:    Lowest: _______                                            Highest: _______

5 _____     Change in elevation is at least 300 meters

 

Score= _______        

 

NEATNESS (12 pts)

Each category below is worth 2 points.

1 _____ All printing must be neat.

2 _____ Worked well

3 _____Few erasure marks visible.

4 _____ All colors used correctly.

5 _____ All major features labeled.

6 _____ All features can be distinguished       from others (example: roads are easily            differentiated from contour lines)

 

Score= _______

 

ACCURACY OF SYMBOLS AND USE OF RULE (10 pts)

Each category below is worth 2 points.

1 _____ Symbols must be the correct size.

2 _____ Symbols must be in the correct         location.

3 _____ Contour lines reflect real life situations         (example: they do not cross a lake).

4 _____ All features reflect real life situations            (example: rivers do not go up hill).

5 _____ All index contours are labeled.

 

Score= _______

 

 

 

TOTAL SCORE: _______ / 50 points