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\nTeachEngineering: Digital Mapping and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)\n

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\nA multidisciplinary unit has young engineers explore Geographic Information Systems (GIS), an essential tool in planning any engineering projects. The lessons and activities in Part 1 of the unit look at GIS in general. Part 2 focuses on...\n
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\nWhere is ? ? ? ?\n

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\nLearners explain and explain the concept of a grid system. They define absolute and relative location and develop an imaginary city on graph paper using a grid system.\n
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\nThe Global Grid System-World Map Activity\n

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\nStudents demonstrate how to use the global grid system. In this map skills lesson, students use a world map to locate various locations. Students identify locations based on the global grid system. Students complete a worksheet as an...\n
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\nDrawing Portraits Using a Grid\n

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\nA well-developed art lesson is always great to have around. This lesson on portrait drawing includes a full procedure, modifications, background information on artist Chuck Close, recommended websites, and a few thoughts from the...\n
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\nDrawing an Elephant-- Grid System\n

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\nIn this art worksheet, students learn to draw a detailed picture of an elephant by using a grid system. Students use a grid to position each body part as they recreate the picture on their own grid paper.\n
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\nWreck Detectives\n

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\nJunior archaeologists examine types of artifacts from the Bronze Age on the internet. In collaborative groups, they create a story about a ship from this period and then construct a model of the ocean floor after their ship has sunk....\n
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\nWhere in the World\n

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\nStudents explore the global grid system. In this globe lesson, students identify latitude and longitude lines and how these can tell the coordinates of any place. They use the Internet to find the exact coordinates for their town. \n
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\nAbsolute Location Using GPS Technology\n

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\nGPS is great for identifying your position, but is it finding your relative or absolute location? Ninth graders explore the difference between absolute and relative location, use the standard grid system coordinate system, and use GPS to...\n
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\nWreck Detectives\n

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\nStudents investigate shipwrecks. In this marine archaeology lesson ,students collect data and make inferences about the causes of shipwrecks. Students work in groups to create their own model of a shipwreck using clay. Students then...\n
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\nScale Drawings of Birds\n

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\nStudents create their own copies of Phoenix Birds using a grid system.\n
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\nLocating Places\n

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\nStudents demonstrate how to use the map grid system. In this map skills lesson plan, students are given coordinates to locate several locations on a world map. Students use the map grid system to identify these locations.\n
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\nLandscape Picture Map: Making a Map Grid\n

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\nStudents create a map grid system. In this map activity, students discuss how mapmakers use a grid system to make giving directions easier. Students learn how the grid system works and create a grid system on their landscape pictures.\n
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\nGrids\n

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\nThis fun presentation includes instructions for a grid game, where the child must follow directions to uncover the hidden treasure. They make Mr. Smiley move up, down, right, and left on the grid until he's reached the...\n
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\nLocating Places - Making a Map Grid\n

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\nStudents learn how to use a letter and number map grid. For this map grid lesson, students look at a landscape map and describe how to locate the airport. They compare the descriptions of different students to determine how they are the...\n
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\nThe Grid\n

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\nUpper graders form a \"Presidential Task Force,\" and attempt to make recommendations concerning the future of the national power grid. After a teacher-led discussion which proves that our nation's energy consumption will soon outpace our...\n
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\nEarth Day Grid Math\n

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\nGet into springtime with a festive practice sheet designed to test scholars' knowledge of grids. Learners locate items such as watering cans, snails, and flowers following the x and y-axis. Worksheet themes include Earth Day, gardening,...\n
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\nWhat's the Biggest Machine in the World?\n

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\nWhich is the biggest machine of them all? A Real Engineering video claims that the biggest machine in the world is the US electrical grid and its components. It describes the first electrical plant made by Edison as well as various other...\n
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\nGridWorld Case Study\n

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\nThe gridline is not just for Friday. Created for the first year, the GridWorld case study was part of the Computer Science course, the resource provides suggestions for integrating it throughout the course. Four instructional components...\n
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\nLocation, Location, Location: Using a Grid to Determine Context\n

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\nSeventh graders 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...\n
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\nLatitude on World Maps - World Map Activity 2\n

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\nStudents explore the concept of latitude. In this geography lesson plan, students discover the global grid system and complete a map activity which require them to record the latitude of various cities in the world.\n
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\nGridding a Site\n

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\nStudents establish a grid system over an archaelogical site. They label each grid unit. They determine the location of artifacts within each grid unit. They construct a scientific inquiry concerning the location of artifacts on the site.\n
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\nSearching the Attic\n

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\nStudents conduct field research, including the use of a grid system, in order to discover important or interesting family artifacts.They map discoveries of important artifacts on a grid map in order to track and better analyze...\n
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\nPut Me in My Place: Using Alphanumeric Grids to Locate Places\n

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\nStudents practice locating points on a large wall grid and create and label a neighborhood map. In this geography instructional activity, students spell and discuss places as the teacher places them on the map. They discuss the concept...\n
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\nFinding Your Way on the Farm\n

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\nThird graders make a grid map. In this directionality lesson plan, 3rd graders review how to use a grid to locate objects or places on a map. Students draw a grid map of the classroom and locate seating assignments. Students create a...\n
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