Topography of Stone Mountain
Objective: To build a three dimensional model of Atlanta's
most prominent landform, Stone Mountain.
Materials: 100 ft. topographic map sections of mountain
(Print out as page 1, page
2, and page 3)
cardboard
scissors
glue
Procedure:
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Cut out each of the paper 100 ft. contour interval sections of the mountain.
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Trace each section onto a piece of cardboard.
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Cut the traced sections out of the sheet of cardboard.
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Glue each paper section to its corresponding cardboard section.
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Starting with the largest section (1000 ft.) stack and glue each successive
section to create your model.
(by N. Huebner, Fernbank Science Center)