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Earth's Features: Interpreting Patters with Topographic Maps
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Topography
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
The Battle of Kings Mountain is an excellent example of how landscape and geography can affect the outcome of events.
Sketches & Maps
- Type: Guest Speakers
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Maps to the Rescue!
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Maps are important tools that help us understand the world we live in and help us communicate important information about the past and present. During this program, students will discover the importance of maps for visitors and rangers in Rocky Mountain National Park by becoming Search and Rescue rangers, using maps and clues in a scenario to find a missing hiker.
Geologic Maps
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students will make their own interpretive map of the Florissant valley using either watercolor paint or whatever else is available to them. The students will create their maps using a video filmed at the overlook point on the geologic trail to provide them with a large view of the valley. They will use Arthur Lakes’ 1878 watercolor map of the Florissant valley as a reference.
Map Analysis
Sound Mapping
Mapping a Neighborhood
Mapping Tumacácori
Location and Map Reading
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
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Where in the World: Maps
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Students will identify geographic features of Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Park and the importance of the different features by using a map, photos and other tools to locate these places during their visit at the park. Meets Kentucky Second Grade Science Standards. This lesson was created by Kentucky teachers as a part of the History and Science Explore Project.
Stepping Off the Map
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Map making was an important part of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Maps of the era were often just best guesses as to what could possibly lie in the middle of the continent. In this lesson your students will learn about the maps of the expedition and even make one of their own based on descriptions.
A Map Changed by Destiny
Acadia Rocks Story Map
- Type: Primary Sources ... Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Dungeness Map Scavenger Hunt
"Eastings and Northings" A Mapping Activity
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The lesson builds up slowly to read Map Grid References for later learning and practice orienteering. Orienteering is a navigation and sport activity that incorporates walking or jogging, determining directions, and map reading. The object of the activity is to use a map and compass to locate specific points in each area.
The Crucial Hour: Mapping Activity
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This activity is intended to be a simple exercise in analyzing and understanding how geography influenced decision making by both American and British armies in the Battles of Saratoga. It was originally planned for class use while visiting the battlefield, but it could also be used pre-visit in conjunction with the Saratoga National Historical Park virtual tour, or as a stand-alone activity.
Virtual: Acadia's Top Ten
Elevation Above and Below Pre-Trip Activity
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
For this activity students will explore the way topographic maps are used to describe elevation such as “sea level,” “below sea level,” and “above sea level.” Students will compare and contrast side view diagrams of mountains and valleys to topographic maps. Students will use their own hands to create a topographic map of their own.