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Compass Rose Teacher Resources
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Pupils make birds-eye view maps and place the compass rose on the map.
Students define key geographic terms and track a hurricane on a map. They examine various types of maps and find locations on them,including rivers, cities and mountains.
Students create a compass rose. In this geography instructional activity, students create a compass rose using the computer program KidPix 1.
Pupils use the four directions of a compass rose to locate classroom features. In this directions lesson plan, students locate the features by identifying directions.
Students examine the Louisiana state quarter and locate Louisiana on a map of the U.S. They relate the location of Louisiana to other states (and vise versa) using directions and the compass rose.
Fourth graders use information from a science unit to create a poster presentation. They consult new reference texts, and use appropriate electronic reference resources to identify key information and plan the best way to display the information on their topics. Students also prepare their posters and prepare a brief presentation that uses the poster to explain the topic.
Second graders explore the compass rose and North - East - South - West.
First graders identify and describe landforms. They demonstrate an understanding of the compass rose and a map key using the trail of Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery. They generate a map key.
First graders review the places that Flat Stanley has visited between October and March. They identify places Flat Stanley has visited on U.S. and World Maps. They create a bubble map that represents where he visited, the direction of the location from the compass rose, and one fun thing he did. They discuss their maps with their small groups.
Young mathematicians investigate that things move in a directional path. They construct a paper airplane and measure an airplane's length of flight. Everyone constructs a map with a key showing their airplane's flight path