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Mapping Sunflower Farm

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Mapping Sunflower Farm

Use farm observations to plan, check, and draw a land-and-water map.

Explore the Farm

Read the notes and study the planning map. Top, bottom, left, and right mean places on the map.

Sunflower Farm Notes

A farm group is making a display of Sunflower Farm. Their notes describe the area as seen from above. A small, round pond lies near the upper left. Land surrounds the pond. A low hill with a smooth, rounded top rises near the upper right. Sunflowers grow on flat land near the lower left.

A narrow stream enters the area from the right edge, below the hill. It runs toward the middle, bends, and continues to the bottom edge. Dry land separates the stream from the pond. The notes do not give water depths or the height of the hill.

The group first draws a planning map. Boxes mark the places, but the real edges are not square. Lightly shaded boxes show water. Unshaded spaces show land. The grid helps place the features; it does not show real distances. Next, the group will build a small model with dough and paper.

PondHillFieldStream
1.
Which pair of paper shapes best represents the water described in the notes?
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2.
Select the TWO observations that show the farm has both raised land and flat land.

3.
Start in the middle of the Field box. Trace a pretend path straight to the right edge. Which water feature will the path cross?
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4.
Sort the farm features. Think about what each description represents.
5.
Which question needs more information than the notes and map give?
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Build and Improve a Model

The group will use dough for land and blue paper for water. Choose plans that match the farm notes and map.

6.
Which dough plan best shows the hill and the sunflower field?
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7.
A model has blue paper joining the pond to the stream. How should the group fix this mistake?
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8.
The group makes a smaller copy of the whole model. Select the TWO details it should keep to represent the same farm.

9.
A new map key says blue means water and green means land. A student colors the hill blue. What wrong idea would that color give a reader?
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10.
Later, the group observes that the pond is wider than before. Its center is in the same place. Which map change would show this observation?
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Check, Explain, and Map

Use the original farm notes for these questions and your drawing.

11.
Which check would best show whether the model's shapes and locations match the planning map?
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12.
A visitor says, “The farm must be flat because its map is flat paper.” Do you agree? Use the hill and the field as evidence.
13.
Draw your own map of Sunflower Farm as seen from above. Show a round pond at the upper left, a hill at the upper right, and a flat sunflower field at the lower left. Show a narrow stream coming from the right edge, bending toward the bottom edge. Leave land between the pond and stream. Draw the water outlines instead of copying the planning boxes. Label all four features. Add a key that tells how you show land and water.