WETMAAP Skill 2
Weweantic River  - Element 1

Skill 2:                         Scale Determination
Element 1:                    Introduce Scale of Map

 Materials:

1:25,000 scale 1977-1972 Snipatuit Pond – Wareham; 1977-1974Plympton – Plymouth, Mass, USGS Topographic Quadrangles
ruler

 Exercise:

1.   Use 1:25,000 scale, 1977-1972 Snipatuit Pond – Wareham; 1977-1974 Plympton – Plymouth, Mass, USGS Topographic Quadrangle

2.   Examine scale at bottom of page

3.   Use ruler.

4.   Measure distance across study site from west to east.

  ________________        How many inches is the distance west to east?

5.   Place the ruler over bar scale (bar scale measurement in feet).

                    ________________          How many feet equals the measured map distance across the site?

6.   Repeat measurements across the site from north to south.

 ________________           How many inches is the distance north to south?

                     ________________          How many feet equals the measured map distance across the site?