WETMAAP Skill 1
Golden Meadow - Element 2

Skill 1:    Map Use
Element 2:  Feature Identification

Materials:

1994  1:24,000 scale Golden Meadow/Golden Meadow Farms/Bay Courant/Mink Bay Topographic Quadrangle

Topographic Symbols Chart

1995 Aerial Photography

            magnifying glass

Exercise:

1.   Use 1:24,000 scale scale Golden Meadow/Golden Meadow Farms/Bay Courant/Mink Bay Topographic Quadrangle

            2.   Use the 1995 Aerial Photography covering the same area.

            3.   Use the Topographic Symbols Chart.

            4.  Identify an area of marsh.

            5.  Identify a drawbridge.

            6.  Identify the following cultural features in the map:

                        a.      school

                        b.      church

                        c.      cemetery

                        d.      oil well

            7.      Identify purple areas on the map.

            8.      Can you identify the marsh, drawbridge, and oil wells on the 1995 aerial photo?