1. How to use contours to identify glacial features
OS Maps
How to use contours to identify glacial features

2. Learning Objectives By the end of this cycle you will be able to:
Identify features of glacial erosion from contour patterns
Identify features of glacial erosion on an OS map

3. 4 stage planning Connect Activate Demonstrate Consolidate
Card matching exercise
Activate
PowerPoint Presentation
Demonstrate
Worksheet and map
Consolidate
Game of snap!

4. Glacial Features The features we will look at are: Corrie
Tarn or Lochan
U-Shaped Valley
Arête
Hanging Valley
Ribbon Loch

5. Corrie with tarn or lochan

6. U-Shaped valley

7. Arete (mountian ridge)

8. Hanging Valley – a smaller valley joining the main valley.

9. Arete
U-Shaped Valley
Corrie with a tarn or lochan

10. Corrie
corrie
tarn

11. Arete
arete
arete

12. U-shaped Valley
U-shaped valley
U-shaped valley

13. Hanging Valley
Hanging Valley

14. Ribbon Lake

15. Contour Patterns and Glaciated Features

16. Map question Give 4 figure grid references for each feature:-
1) Corrie (one with a lochan)
2) Arête
3) U-shaped valley
4) Hanging valley