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- Grade Range
- 2nd - 4th
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Students discover the basic knowledge and skills of location orientation and map reading. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th
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Students are introduced to making inferences about artifacts. Using a grid system, they locate the artifacts and determine where they originated from. They use this information to make conclusions about the way people lived their lives in Texas in the past. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students determine their absolute and relative location. They examine what the difference between the two. Students explain why we use maps and the primary purpose of them. They utilize the use of the GPS in their research and findings of data. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students communicate to others about where things, people, and places are located. They write and present a dialogue about a lost pet in which they practice asking for and getting directions of where to find their pet within the city limits. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th
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Students examine the geographic concept of absolute location. Using a variety of resources, they create a life-size classroom grid and locate the coordinates of a point, identify latitude and longitude of different locations, and create a mini-model of the globe using latitude and longitude lines. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 12th
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Students acquire a working knowledge of the geographical concepts: absolute location, relative location, longitude and latitude. They analyze primary sources that shows the physical and human characteristics of the places along the 1899 Harriman Alaska Expedition's route. Students generate route maps using sequencing skills. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd
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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. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th
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Students use maps to locate the continent of Africa, the country of Egypt and the Nile River. Using the map, they use yarn to show the connection between these elements and where their natural resources are located. They share at least three reasons why the Nile River is and was able to meet the needs of the people living in Egypt. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate the concepts related to making a map and identifying state locations. They create mental maps of state locations and create descriptions of new locations. Students also practice locating relevant locations on a map. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students engage in a lesson about the locations selected from around the world. They practice finding significant places on maps in different parts of the world. Students create mental maps with their own keys and descriptions of different locations. Full Review »
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