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- Grade Range
- 3rd
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Students discover that a map is a drawing that shows what a place looks like from above. They use a map key and symbols to create a map of the school and its neighborhood. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students explore the information depicted on topographic maps. They construct a 3-D topographic map of a local area. They go on a field trip to the depicted area and compare the 'real world' with their models. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 4th
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Students practice orienteering, a popular sport in Australia and Sweden. They practice reading and using a map to locate six specific landmarks in a given area. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students become familiar with and able to read city and state maps, plot a route on a state map, and use scale to determine locations one-half and one mile away from the school. They construct a map of their own. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 7th
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Students work in small groups to practice basic map skills. They take turns giving directions and tracing a path from one location to different destinations on the map. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th
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Students follow along in the book as the book is read aloud to them. they Students then complete the map by following the procedures listed under the map key. They then study other Indian groups and locate where they lived on the map. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd
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Students use map skills to identify map elements, cardinal directions and identifying locations. They locate the seven continents and seven oceans on maps and globes. They research a continent and design a slide for a presentation using the information. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten
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Students explore basic map skills and locate their school on a map. They observe the teacher locate their school online using Mapquest, and in pairs highlight the route the teacher would use to travel from her house to the school on a printed map. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st
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Students complete a unit on map skills and the globe. They label maps, create a styrofoam ball globe, create a map of their community, sing a continent song, and complete a map and globe assessment worksheet. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st
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Students explore map skills. They discuss the map vocabulary and use directions to find a location on a map. Students discuss and use the components of a map to answer a variety of questions. They use the map and directions to find an item hidden in the classroom. Full Review »
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