Olive Peirce Middle School
Ramona, California

We began with a model building activity. The students buildt models of Mount Woodson, a 2984 foot peak visible from the classroom. They used topographic maps to build accurate models of the mountain.

Above, you can see the students' models in various degrees of completion. In this exercise the students learned how to translate a two-dimensional map into a three-dimensional object.

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