LESSON PLAN

Date: 07th June, 2018

Grade Level: 10 (Geo 4A)
Age Group: 15- 16 years old
Number of students: Eleven (11) students
Subject: Geography
Topic: Map work (Relief on a Topographic Map)
Sub- topic: Contour Lines
Duration: 40 Minutes
Objectives: After this lesson, students should be able to:

 list some common landforms

 explain what information contour maps provide and why it is useful
 read a contour map

Materials:

Blackboard Contour Handout Pencils

Chalk Topographic Map

Teaching Strategies:

 Brainstorming Discussions Hands-on learning

Content Outline:
Contour lines are lines drawn on a map
connecting points of equal elevation,
meaning if you physically followed a
contour line, elevation would remain
constant. Contour lines show elevation and
the shape of the terrain. They're useful
because they illustrate the shape of the land
surface -- its topography-- on the map.
The further apart the lines are, the gentler
the slope. The difference in height between
each contour line is called the contour
interval.
The patterns created by contour lines makes
some landforms easily identifiable because
each landform feature has quite a distinctive
look.
You need to be familiar with a few key
contour patterns such as hills, valleys,
saddles, streams and cliffs so you can
interpret a topographic map.
Method /Procedure:

TEACHER’S TASK PUPILS’ TASKS

Introduction

Teacher will recap what was done in the last class with  Students will briefly discuss
regards to map reading. what they learnt about
communications and relief.

Development
Step 1:  Students will brainstorm about
Teacher will ask students to say what they know about contour lines.
contour lines.

Step 2:
The teacher will use her hand to make a fist. A marker  Students will be asked to do the
will be used to draw a set of circles on the knuckles. The same so that they can see that
hand will be opened flat and then a fist will be made contour lines show the elevation
again. of land on a flat paper surface
Teacher will let students know that this is the way
contour lines operate on a topographic map.

Step 3:
Teacher will give students a landform identification  Students will listen and discuss.
handout and will discuss how each landform looks on the
topographic map.
Step 4:  Students will use their
Teacher will ask students to open up their topographic knowledge of contour lines and
maps and identify landforms on the map. will identify giving four figure
grid references, various
landforms on the topographic
map.
Culminating Activity  Students will listen quietly.
Teacher will review the objectives of the lesson.

Student Assessment  Students will respond,

identifying the various
Teacher will question students about what they learnt in objectives that were achieved.
the lesson.