Glacial Landforms Tour Brochure Project: Exploring Michigan's Geological Wonders - Prof. M, Assignments of Physical Geography

Download Glacial Landforms Tour Brochure Project: Exploring Michigan's Geological Wonders - Prof. M and more Assignments Physical Geography in PDF only on Docsity! Glacial Landforms Tour in your County Project Purpose: Using a variety of maps and references, create a richly illustrated brochure tour featuring the origin, characteristics, and distribution of glacial landforms and glacial deposits in your county. The brochure will include a map of how to get from one landform to another, a topographic map of the landform, an aerial image of the landform, and an actual picture of the landform (whether from your own collection or from exemplary web sites). Examples of landforms, features, and deposits commonly found in Michigan: moraines, kettles, proglacial lakes (lacustrine deposits), proglacial shorelines, drumlins, striations, and eskers. Procedure: Getting Started 1. Create a human map of Michigan. Select two classmates, based on proximity. Hopefully, you will end up with at least one classmate from the same county as you. You may not choose a classmate who you knew before class and who is from your hometown. 2. Shake hands. Exchange names. Select a county or several counties. 3. Go to one of six glacial map stations scattered throughout the class. Identify at least three glacial features for inclusion in the brochure tour. What Needs to be in the Brochure? 1. Images of the glacier landforms, including former proglacial lakes. These could be digital pictures from your own collection or images from these exemplary web sites: a. Glacier Image Database http://tvl1.geo.uc.edu/ice/Image/imageref.html b. Earth Science World Image Bank http://www.earthscienceworld.org/imagebank/index.html c. Pictures you take before the project is due. 2. Topographic map (cropped) showing the glacial landform. Obtain the topographic map from Acme Mapper http://mapper.acme.com/ 3. Aerial image (cropped) showing the glacial landform. Obtain the aerial image by selecting the “DOQ) tab from Acme Mapper (http://mapper.acme.com/ ) 4. Obtain a road map showing the brochure study site using GMap Pedometer http:// www.gmap-pedometer.com/ Using the “Start Recording” option, create waypoints that mark tour stops and record mileage between stops. 5. Under each stop you will discuss the origin, characteristics, and distribution of the landforms, features, or deposits selected. se the following exemplary resources in your discussion: a. Schaetzl, R. 2006. Glacial History. http://www.earthscape.org/t2/scr01/scr01b.html