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\nTeachEngineering: Digital Mapping and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)\n

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\nA multidisciplinary unit has young engineers explore Geographic Information Systems (GIS), an essential tool in planning any engineering projects. The lessons and activities in Part 1 of the unit look at GIS in general. Part 2 focuses on...\n
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\nSummer Brain Games: Explore STEM in the City!\n

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\nChicago’s Museum of Science+Industry presents hands-on science activities designed to keep young brains engaged over the summer. The projects, which use readily available items, include engineering a skyscraper, a gravity sewer, and...\n
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\nFrom Colonists to Revolutionaries\n

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\nWhat was America like before it became the United States? Set the stage for the American Revolution with a collection of resources focused on Colonial America, including the cultural, political, and religious conflicts of the time.\n
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\nLearning Ocean Science through Ocean Exploration\n

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\nThe 10 inquiry-based lessons in this collection, developed for NOAA Voyages of Discovery and the Ocean Explorer WebSite, give young oceanographers experience using scientific data and modeling scientific work and thinking. Beginning with...\n
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\nWhole Language Approach to Map Making\n

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\nFifth graders, after reading Island of the Blue Dolphins, explore map making using the Whole Language Approach.\n
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\nMapmaking\n

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\nStudents examine the craft of cartography and how the Lewis and Clark expedition created and used maps. They analyze maps, read a handout, create a map, participate in a mini expedition and map out a route based on travel directions,...\n
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\nDo the Tallywalker\n

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\nStudents study the basics of mapmaking, then make a tally walker, (geographic location device used in secret).\n
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\nConnecting Cartography to Society\n

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\nOlder high schoolers use maps to study changes in society like migration, population loss, and economic shifts, and then connect events from historical events to present day mapping of their region (The resource focuses on Canada, but...\n
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\nMathematics of Cartography\n

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\nStudents practice their math skills as they explore maps. In this cartography lesson, students calculate distance, scale, coordinate systems, and projection as they work independently reading online maps.\n
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\nGreat Grids\n

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\nLearners use grid boxes as a measurement tool and discover how grids are used for mapmaking and scaling down an area. They begin by attempting to draw a model shape drawn by the teacher by using the gridding process. At the conclusion of...\n
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\nMap Making\n

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\nStudents use a tennis ball and paper to construct a student-made globe. They sketch in continents and major map features and then compare a flat map to a globe.\n
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\nMaking Maps\n

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\nIn this map making worksheet, students learn about the science of making maps, which is cartography. They then answer the 11 questions on the worksheet. The answers are on the last page.\n
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\nMap It!\n

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\nFourth graders demonstrate map making skills by using the computer to create maps of the geographic features, regions, and economy for their state.\n
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\nCartography\n

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\nLearners research about cartography and how to be a cartographer. For this math lesson, students draw a map of their classroom. They use a robot to explore navigation using a compass rose.\n
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\nExploring with Cartography\n

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\nStudents are introduced to the topic of cartography. Using the internet, they research the paths and goals of early explorers. They create a PowerPoint presentation of the information they collected. They also develop a...\n
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\nMapping the News\n

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\nYoung scholars explore cartography.  In this map skills and map making lesson, Students work in groups to create wall size world maps including legends, compass roses, latitude and longitude, and physical features.  Young...\n
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\nMake Your Map\n

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\nIn this map making worksheet, students make their own maps, draw symbols and place them in the map key area, and draw a compass rose to show directions for the map.\n
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\nMapping Perceptions\n

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\nStudents create and read maps. In this map skills lesson, students draw a map of their neighborhood, then use skills acquired during map-making to interpret a classmates map and a map of the Ming Dynasty.\n
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\nMapmaker, Make Me a Map!\n

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\nHere is a well-designed, very thorough lesson plan on mapping for very young children. Within the six-page plan, you will find everything you need to implement the lesson. They will identify various landforms found in Colorado on a map,...\n
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\nCartography\n

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\nPupils follow directions to draw a map of an island. They complete the island map adding their own details using symbols and a legend.\n
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\nMap Making\n

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\nIn this map making worksheet, students draw a map of their home including a map key. In this drawing worksheet, students create one map.\n
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\nGeo-Class Mapping My Neighborhood\n

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\nStudents create a map of the school and surrounding neighborhood.  In this mapping lesson, students discover their school's location and learn about its past.  Students use math skills and the steps in the design process to...\n
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\nMap the Civil War\n

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\nMapmaking was a very important element in successfully planning attacks on enemies during the Civil War. Guide pupils through the process of pacing to find the average length of their steps, measure the distance between one object...\n
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\nWet Maps\n

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\nHow do oceanographers make maps under water? Junior explorers discover the technologies and processes involved in creating bathymetric maps in part three of a five-part series designed for fifth- and sixth-grade pupils. The lesson...\n
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