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- 5th
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Students practice using maps and reading scales. They use latitude and longitude to determine where they have crashed a fake plane. They calculate the distance to a nearby city and how long it will take them to reach it. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students read Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, focusing on setting. They list items that create mental images of the novel's setting along with location references to characters and events. Using posterboard, they construct physical maps of Maycomb. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 8th
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Students use clues to identify states on maps. They work together to identify the state a major city is in as well. They share their map with the class once it is completed. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 8th
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Students track weather from day to day and record results on graphs, maps, or other places. They see firsthand how weather temperatures trend cooler as fall progresses and practice grade-appropriate skills in geography (map location, color keys, more) and math (figuring temperature ranges, averages, more). They study practical skills that will last them a lifetime. Full Review »
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- 9th - 10th
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Students consider the concept of borders and their development by looking at maps and documents. They create a presentation highlighting a current border dispute and propose solutions. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students locate and identify the four major oceans and the seven continents on a world map. They use an unlabeled world map and compass rose to describe relative locations of the continents and oceans. Full Review »
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- 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 »
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- 6th - 9th
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Students research cultural characteristics of a Canadian city with that of their home town. They complete a map handout, providing the relative location on a large map and the absolute location on a provincial map. Students work together to create a web of compare and contrast information. Full Review »
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- 9th - 11th
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Students simulate the role of a travel agent to understand how to read and use road maps. They plan a bus trip through New England for a group of travelers that includes, bus travel, meals and attractions. They plan the distance that will be traveled each, and attempt to make accommodations for weather in order to sell the travelers on their travel agency. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine the Eastern South Dakota land formations created during glacial/ice age period. Using a GPS/GIS they plot points on and around Spirit Mound to show the different elevations and contours left behind by glacial melting in order to create their own topographic maps. Full Review »

