In this activity, students get feedback not just from you but also from watching each other.
Call that student, give them a clue, and ask them to try again. If you find one, check the back of the sticky note. Canada – British Columbia, and Prairie Provinces uses a wider range of colors, including blues for mapping ocean depths. Shikotsu, Toya and vicinity uses a color ramp similar to the one used in the map of Switzerland. In New York Elevation, 1895, the map at the upper right is an example of a monochromatic color ramp used for elevation.Įlevation color ramps are more often multicolored. If you made a map that showed the lowlands of a desert as green, it would be misleading.Ī color ramp might be monochromatic, so it only uses shades of one color. If you were mapping mountains in a desert, would you use the same color scheme? In the map of Switzerland, lowlands were green and high areas were brown. Granville sheet is an example of a contour map with only lines.Īn elevation color ramp sometimes tries to imitate the landscape. You can also tell your students that not all contour maps use color. If you don't have colored pencils, you can skip to the next step.
Colored pencils work best for coloring on the gummy paper.