Hands-On Map Skills--Create a Map Powerpoint and Project
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Grade Levels
3rd - 9th, Homeschool
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Resource Type
Standards
CCSS3.MD.C.5
CCSS3.MD.D.8
CCSS4.MD.A.1
CCSS6.RP.A.3d
CCSS7.RP.A.1
Formats Included
- Zip
Pages
13 pages
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Description
Tired of using worksheets to teach map skills? Get your students up and moving with an activity that is sure to engage them!
This is a social studies project that has cross-curricular connections to Common Core Math Standards. It starts with a slideshow to facilitate class discussion.
Concepts covered in this lesson include:
* Key map features
* Using a map key/legend
* Understanding a map scale
* Reading a compass rose
* Cardinal directions
Then, students are introduced to their project where they get a chance to put all their knowledge together to create a map of their own to refine their map skills.
Concepts covered in this project include:
* Measurement
* Calculating ratios and proportions
* Drawing to scale
* Creating a map key/legend
* Understanding and using a map scale
* Determining and using cardinal directions
This lesson includes:
* Powerpoint presentation with visuals and questions for class discussion
* Project directions
* Project Rubric
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This is a social studies project that has cross-curricular connections to Common Core Math Standards. It starts with a slideshow to facilitate class discussion.
Concepts covered in this lesson include:
* Key map features
* Using a map key/legend
* Understanding a map scale
* Reading a compass rose
* Cardinal directions
Then, students are introduced to their project where they get a chance to put all their knowledge together to create a map of their own to refine their map skills.
Concepts covered in this project include:
* Measurement
* Calculating ratios and proportions
* Drawing to scale
* Creating a map key/legend
* Understanding and using a map scale
* Determining and using cardinal directions
This lesson includes:
* Powerpoint presentation with visuals and questions for class discussion
* Project directions
* Project Rubric
You might also enjoy these other great products
Get to Know Your World!--A Geography Mystery Centers Activity
NO PREP! Hands-On Map Skills and Geography Project
Please take the time to rate this product and follow me to receive news of other great lessons to come as I build my store! Thank you!
To follow me on Pinterest, click here:
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{ Tags: map skills, map creation, mapping skills, map activities, geography skills, geography activities, parts of a map, measurement, ratio, proportion, no prep }
Total Pages
13 pages
Answer Key
N/A
Teaching Duration
1 hour
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Standards
to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
CCSS3.MD.C.5
Recognize area as an attribute of plane figures and understand concepts of area measurement.
CCSS3.MD.D.8
Solve real world and mathematical problems involving perimeters of polygons, including finding the perimeter given the side lengths, finding an unknown side length, and exhibiting rectangles with the same perimeter and different areas or with the same area and different perimeters.
CCSS4.MD.A.1
Know relative sizes of measurement units within one system of units including km, m, cm; kg, g; lb, oz.; l, ml; hr, min, sec. Within a single system of measurement, express measurements in a larger unit in terms of a smaller unit. Record measurement equivalents in a two-column table. For example, know that 1 ft is 12 times as long as 1 in. Express the length of a 4 ft snake as 48 in. Generate a conversion table for feet and inches listing the number pairs (1, 12), (2, 24), (3, 36),...
CCSS6.RP.A.3d
Use ratio reasoning to convert measurement units; manipulate and transform units appropriately when multiplying or dividing quantities.
CCSS7.RP.A.1
Compute unit rates associated with ratios of fractions, including ratios of lengths, areas and other quantities measured in like or different units. For example, if a person walks 1/2 mile in each 1/4 hour, compute the unit rate as the complex fraction ½/¼ miles per hour, equivalently 2 miles per hour.
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