Students compare triangle sizes, square sizes, and lengths. They use manipulatives of three varied sized triangles, squares, and strips to measure, and compare relative size and lengths.

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1st

Students brainstorm on what they believe they do on their summer vacation. They explore how family and relatives are important in their lives. They read along with their teacher a book about relatives.

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3rd

Students investigate relative humidity and wind speed and wind direction. They construct a wind vane and a sling psychrometer, estimate wind speed, measure relative humidity and wind direction, and record the results.

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6th - 8th

Students understand the difference between relative and absolute location using the grid map as an example of an absolute location. They observe a class map showing longitude and latitude lines and learn that they provide exact locations. They then draw pictures of their homes, the classroom, or the way home.

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2nd

Students identify the relative location of Virginia in relationship to bordering bodies of water (Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay) and the bordering states (Maryland, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, and North Carolina). Then, they play a classroom version of "Where's Waldo" by choosing a state and giving ordinal clues to find location.

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4th