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- Grade Range
- 3rd - 8th
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Students identify the major resources of each region. use critical thinking skills to plan a map key comprised of edible things. They make sugar cookies shaped like a U.S. resource map. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students locate their home state on a map. They differentiate between physical and population sizes of states. In two groups, students "become" states with string for boundaries. They ascertain that area does not always equal large populations. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 1st
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Students are introduced to the state quarter program and examine the Colorado state quarter. They locate Colorado on a map and create a map with a key. They discuss the state motto and examine pictures of the state's geographical features. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 8th
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Students discuss resource maps and examine examples from library resources. Working in groups, they create edible resource maps by drawing examples, such as popcorn on the border of Iowa and Nebraska. Then they use cookies in the shape of the United States to place items, such as chocolate chips to represent coal. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students demonstrate use of map skills including cardinal directions and map keys. They locate designated places and give specific directions using a map. They write complete sentences using map vocabulary words. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students study map terminology including map title, map symbols, map key, and compass rose and locate communities with a grid system. They create a model house, neighborhood map and a classroom map. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students discover the different kinds and uses of maps. They locate continents, oceans, and their home state and community on maps. Activities include various games, worksheets, puzzles, and Kid Pix computer program designed to introduce students to maps. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th
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Students use cardinal directions to locate areas on a map. They also use a map key to interpret symbols and read a map. Students study that map keys vary from map to map and create a map of the classroom. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th
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Students create maps, symbols, and a map key using pencils, oil pastels, watercolors, and paper bags in this Visual Arts lesson for the fourth grade classroom. The lesson includes a post-assessment quiz and a short vocabulary list. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd
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Students examine the significance and meanings of various map symbols. They analyze a treasure map and a school map and discuss the symbols, and in small groups create a map of the classroom that includes a map key. Full Review »
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