Marvelous Maps
Teacher's Guide
Created by Katie Johnson
Introduction
This lesson plan was developed as part of the Amphitheater School District
Technology Literacy Challenge Fund grant. The purpose of the program is
to provide teachers with a way of learning about technology and in turn
provide students with the best teaching practices and curriculum through
technology. This lesson plan was developed as part of the program's TLCF
Web Guides, which are a series of web-based lessons designed by teachers
to provide students with on-line educational opportunities.
Disclaimer: While every precaution was taken to insure the integrity
of the sites included in this lesson plan, with the dynamic nature of the
World Wide Web sites can constantly change. Teachers are advised to view
the sites before conducting a lesson with their students.
This lesson is created for students in grades 3 to 5 who are studying
about mapping. They will be exploring many ways that
one could figure out where they are and how they could get somewhere.
Lesson Objectives
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Students will be able to differentiate between various maps.
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Students will be able to read maps.
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Students will practice giving directions of various locations.
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Students will be able to relate various maps in relation to where they
live.
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Students will be able to locate and label various landforms and oceans
on a world map.
Arizona State Standards
1. PO 1
Identifying the characteristics and purposes of maps
2. PO 2
Identifying and using symbols
3. PO 3
Labeling the continents and oceans.
Materials
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Computer lab with one computer for one or two students
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Lined paper for Activity One
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Activity 2 worksheet
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Activity
3 worksheet
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Pencils
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Clipboards if there is no room for the students to write on
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Your students' addresses
Activity
One
Learning about the history of
Maps
In this lesson students will be learning about
the history of maps. They will be able to compare and contrast the
maps of long ago to the maps of today. You will need to supply
a piece of lined paper so that the students can answer all 6 questions.
Progression of maps
Activity
Two
Learning to read maps
In this lesson students will be taking a closer
look at the maps. They will be shown a map in which they will practice
their map reading skills as well as their direction giving. Please
print out and make a class set of the Activity
2 worksheet before begining this lesson.
Then they will be asked to give directions from their school address to
their home. If you do not go to Keeling Elementary school in Tucson,
Arizona go to the following site and type in your school address.
http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?Pyt=Tmap&addr=2837+N.+Los+Altos&csz=Tucson%2C+Az+85705&Get%07Map=Get+Map#Search
How
to read a Map
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URL Address http://www.usgs.gov/education/learnweb/MA/MAillust3.html
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Description This
age-appropriate map allows the students to find various locations.
Where
do you live?
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URL Address http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?Pyt=Tmap&addr=2837+N.+Los+Altos&csz=Tucson%2C+Az+85705&Get%07Map=Get+Map
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Description This
map shows the location of our school on the map. The students will
be able to see the surrounding streets.
Activity
Three
What are the different types
of maps
In this lesson the students will take a look
at each of these types of maps. They will compare and contrast information
given of each map. You will need to print out the worksheet
for this activity.
What are the different types
of Maps
The World
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URL Address http://library.advanced.org/50055/
Description This
site shows a picture of the world.
United States of
America
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URL Address
http://www.amphi.com/~tlcf/johnson/web1/us-map.jpg
Description
This map shows the physical map of the United State
Arizona
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URL Address
http://media.maps.com/magellan/Images/ARIZON-W2.gif
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Description This
map shows the state of Arizona and its major cities.
Performance Standards
Grading Standards will be found at each student activity.
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