Tenth graders create a topographic map and see how it represents  different elevations. In this topographic maps lesson plan students read and interpret topographic maps. 

Students investigate topographical maps and match actual landforms to them.  In this topographical maps instructional activity students create "Gilligan's Island" to scale then answer questions about it such as what the highest...

In this Earth dimensions learning exercise, students define 24 terms associated with contour maps, latitude, longitude, and time zones.