This less plan is created for students in middle elementary grades.
The task is to write down the 15 people that they are closest to and show where they work or live on the map. The goal of this lesson is to help students understand a concept of where they are in relation to other places that they have been or have heard about. They can also select the satallite feature to see how differenent areas of the courtry or world might look different that their area. After the students have mapped out their 15 closest people they will answer the following questions:
1. Find the person that lives farthest to the west of you. What is different about where they live?
2. Find the person that lives the farthest south of you. In what ways is their area similar to yours.
3. Where would you like to live the most?
4. How long to you think it would take you to walk to the person closest to you on the map.
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Monday, June 2, 2008
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2 comments:
Katherine,
Nice job. That sounds like a perfect introduction to this technology. I bet middle school kids would enjoy doing an exercise like that.
Jeff Tyler
Pretty cool discovery process going on with this LP. They hear the names of places being thrown around but ask them to describe where it is. A really good purpose can be served by having them discover it on the map. Maybe you could add a question like, name a place you hear about but would not know where to find it on the map. Our friend in New York could not find her way to Walmart a mile away.
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