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- 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 - 5th
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Students try a strategy for locating information using organizational tools of the library media center, i.e. card catalog, indeces, etc. They use art reference books to locate reproductions of art work by Mary Cassatt. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students improve their directional awareness by locating sites and symbols on a map. They increase their heart rates while traveling to each site and performing the specified task/exercise at each site. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students locate resources in the media center, working in groups using a scavenger-hunt approach. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students map the geographic boundaries of a recycling program's service areas and include the location of buyers important to the program. They use this map as an aid in managing a school recycling program or project. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st
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Students identify a map, symbols on a map, and locate places on a map. Finally, they construct a map Full Review »
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- 5th - 7th
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Students study the voyage and sinking of the Titanic. They use a variety of research and technical methods including the Gale Group Databases and Worldbook Online. They use geography and map skills to recreate the voyage of the Titanic. Full Review »
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- 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 »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students focus on the process of and skills necessary for researching a topic. They study the topic of immigration while practicing note taking skills, organizing information and writing conventions. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students experience using a library media center. Individually, students research the topic of immigration. They write a short story, containing accurately researched information, on the experience a young person had as an immigrant. Full Review »

