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- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students hypothesize why individual leatherbacks were able to find their way from Costa Rica to the Galápagos Islands without any obvious navigational aids. They draw pictuers of people and leatherbacks navigating the ocean and explain their dr Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 8th
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Students use a compass and their hands to find positions of stars and planets in the night sky or of the sun during the day. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 5th
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Students use their map-reading skills to find Captain Hook's treasure. They see how the directions on a map correspond with "real-life" directions, and that symbols on a map represent real things. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 10th
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Students do a blind tour of their school by responding to verbal commands. They look and discuss various maps in the classroom. They locate the direction of the sunrise and discuss the compass directions of North, South, East, and West. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th
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Students use compasses and grids to map the locations of artifacts found in a simulated dig site. In groups, they role-play as future archeologists excavating a school site. Groups begin at their assigned datum and site the artifacts with compasses, record the bearings, and measure the distances. Students draw scale maps of the artifacts and their locations. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st - 2nd
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Students practive navigating using a map. They discuss the importance of geography and map reading skills. They navigate the school yard using a map and a compass. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 8th
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Students participate in activities using compass settings. They find north and notate the bearings of objects that have been set up in the school yard. They find marks that both visible and hidden behind and under things like trees, and bushes. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th
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Students explore how to draw, measure, and construct geometric figures using given dimensions. They use a ruler to draw a segment that is 2 inches long and use a protractor to create a 45 degree angle. Students create an angle using a compass and a straightedge. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th
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Students engage in a lesson that focuses on the skill of using a protractor to draw and measure angles. The lesson includes key vocabulary that is defined for the teacher as a resource to be used during instruction. They practice drawing different types of angles during guided practice. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th
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Students are introduced to the concepts of a compass rose and how it used in relationship to reading maps in geography. The lesson is meant to build upon prior knowledge and skills. Full Review »
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