In this lesson, students will correctly map the locations of landmarks found around their school, correctly identify physical and man made features on a map, and locate a compass rose on a map and/or globe.
Students select an map an area. Then they practice finding direction, determining scale, and identifying natural and human features.
This kindergarten inquiry leads students through an investigation of maps and globes as tools that represent the physical world in different ways. In the inquiry, students consider how each tool represents locations, what purposes each tool serves, and what advantages and disadvantages each tool offers.
In this activity, students will learn that wind is named for the direction from which it comes. Students will practice with cardinal directions by running in the direction of the wind named by the teacher.
Students explore a map of a neighborhood. Students use the map to begin to learn spatial concepts such as identity, location, and symbols.
Students can design and create their own maps using resources from the Smithsonian Museums.
In this lesson, students create neighborhood maps.
Students explore a map of a community park. Students use the map to begin to learn spatial concepts such as identity, location, and symbols.
Students explore a map of a park and use map symbols, a map key, and cardinal directions to analyze it.
In this lesson students learn about relative location of things in the classroom and build map skills. They learn about jobs in the school, build map skills as they interpret maps, and create a simple map of the school showing important places. They follow directions to locate places on the map and describe the locations relative to other locations.
In this lesson, students will….Use Spanish Language to communicate how to give directions and use cardinal points in a community map while using coding strategies.
Students record the position of the sun in the morning and afternoon and make connections to the directions east and west. They practice moving north, south, east, and west and use cardinal directions to read a map.
In this activity, students will create a compass rose on a paper plate using a ruler and a pencil. They will then mark the location of the sun at various times of the day on the compass rose, repeating each day for a week.
Students will become familiar with the compass rose and North - East - South - West. Students will use geographic tools to demonstrate how symbols and models are used to represent features of the school, the neighborhood, and the real world.
In this lesson, students participate in a creative problem-solving activity to plan a trip to get from Utah to the Atlantic Ocean.
Students will find and explore a local place that is connected to trains, such as a train station, a train museum, or train tracks. This is connect with the Smithsonian Museums.
In this activity, students create their own treasure maps using topographical symbols and a directional compass.
Students will use Google Maps to first find your school, and then find and learn about the closest body of water to your school.
This lesson will address the physical and human characteristics of the local community. Students will build geographic vocabulary as well as use map skills.
In this unit, students learn utilization of maps and their elements and learn about physical and human characteristrics of communities.