WETMAAP Skill 3
Avery and Weeks Islands: Element 1
Skill 3: Visual Recognition
Element 1: Comparison of Habitat Maps
1956 colored Habitat map
1978 colored Habitat
overlay
1988 colored Habitat overlay
Drafting tape
White sheet of paper
Exercise:
1. Tape the 1978 colored Habitat overlay over the 1956 colored
Habitat map. Position the overlay using the corner marks.
2. Tape colored 1988 colored Habitat overlay over the 1978 colored
Habitat overlay. Position overlays
using corner marks.
Hint: Tape one overlay at the left edge and the
other overlay at the right edge. By attaching overlays at opposite sides, you can flip
the overlays to view various combinations of habitat change from 1956 to, 1978, and
to 1988
3. Visually compare the differences between the habitats. Compare 1956 and 1978; compare 1956
and 1988.
4. Place a sheet of white paper between the 1956
colored Habitat map and the
5. Visually
compare the differences in habitats (colored) between 1978 and
6. Place a sheet of white
paper between the 1956 Habitat overlay and the 1988 Habitat overlay.