1. View Bozeman science video Patterns

2. What patterns can you see in where buildings are located?

   • Where are places that people live located? Where are places that people work located? Where are places that people gather (shopping, sports) located? Where are places that store waste/recycling located?

   • What does your neighborhood look like?

   • Where are buildings, parks, green/wild spaces?

Topographic maps can be used for many purposes where understanding the geography of the land is important, like in hiking or construction. You can view this video to learn more about topographic maps

• Video : What is a topographic map?

• Here is a student worksheet to help you learn more about topographic maps -

If you have the materials and get permission from your parent/guardian (or you happen to have play dough already), try this make your own topographic map project from NASA:

• https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/topomap-clay/en/

You might make the play dough for this activity one day, and do the topographic map the next.

Optional - you can learn how to draw contour lines with this video - https://safeshare.tv/x/CCPmcuoLkpU#

You can find a topographic map of your Portland neighborhood or school at this website - https://www.topoquest.com/map-detail.php?usgs_cell_id=71285

Continue with your topographic map project from yesterday or try drawing a topographic map of your yard or neighborhood.

Use these slides which are modified from SEPUP Activity 26 to compare landforms and buildings in the fictitious city of Boomtown.

• What can topographical maps tell you about the stability of a building site?

• Compare the marsh, hillside, and cliff

What did you learn about invasive species and their impact on ecosystems?

Use this graphic organizer to share one pattern that you saw in the work that you did this week.