This activity is designed to help students gain 3D visual intuition on contour plots as the topic is introduced.

View the PDF for this activity here:  Contour_Plot_Activity.pdf

Download Microsoft Word version:  Contour_Plot_Activity.docx

View Instructor Notes:  Contour_Plot_Activity Instructor Notes

Files for the 3 mountainous surfaces used in this activity (and in the activity for partial derivatives):

Click here to download the STL files for the three corresponding mountainous surfaces as a .zip file:
  Download the Mountains-SeparateSTLfiles .zip file

Click here to download the Cura .3mf files for the three corresponding mountainous surfaces as a .zip file:
  Download the Mountains-3mf-CuraFiles .zip file