Student Handout #1: Grid System Student Handout #2: Mercator Projection Map Student Handout #3: Interrupted Equal Area Projection Map Student Handout #4: Northern Hemisphere Polar projection Student Handout #5: Absolute Location Using Latitude and Longitude Student Handout #6: Contour Map Student Handout #7: Three Dimension Landscape

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Student Handout #1: Grid System

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1. Give the grid location of each star on the above diagram.

______ ______ ______ ______ _______

F5         B7         J10         H8         C3

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· Materials Needed: several large potatoes, knives, pieces of white paper, coloured pencils.

· Work in groups of three to do this exercise.

· Cut off one side of the potato and place the slice on the piece of paper. Trace the outline of the base and each slice of the potato on a piece of paper. The drawing should look like this:

· Reconstruct the potato, measure the height of each slice, and record the data on the map.

· Use colours and a legend to designate the different elevations and title the map.

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