WETMAAP Skill 1
Mobile Bay: Fresh Water Inflow Element 4

Extension

Skill 1: Map Use
Element 4: Comparison of Aerial Photography and Photographic Essay

Materials:

1996 Aerial Photograph with taped overlay
1:24,000 scale USGS map
Photographic Essay
Black pen
Magnifying glass

Exercise:

1. Review the Mobile Bay photographic essay. Note locations of each picture taken and the habitat description for each photo.

2. Using the 1996 Aerial Photograph and the Mobile Bay Photographic Essay, identify habitats by comparing the pictures' locations on the photograph.

3. Use the topographic map at the front of the photographic essay (showing photo locations) and the magnifying glass to identify the following habitats. On photo overlay, mark each habitat with a " + " using the black pen.

Salt marsh

Forested wetlands

Scrub-shrub

Forested upland

Open water

Urban

4. Match a picture from the Photographic essay with each of the habitats. Write the picture number from the photographic essay that corresponds to the habitat type beside each habitat " + " mark . Write the name of the identified habitat near the corresponding " + " and picture number.