| GEOGRAPHY ACTIVITIES | GEOGRAPHY | MAPPING |
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| Play a game of
Battleship to learn about grid. Here's one on line Game
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| Do a map of
your classroom - use the
floor tiles to establish the grid - tiles are one foot by one foot in size. Establish 0 and 0 and mark it with a felt tip marker. |
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| Do a map of your school and yard - it would be an overhead view and you would have to use an area map for a good North/South East/West orientation. The map would be bounded on the north by the sidewalk between our school and Meyokumin, the east fence, the sidewalk to the south of St. Richards and the west sidewalk running beside our school. See the map below for a sample. We will provide the paper. You can pace off the distances with your widest step representing one meter. MAP Here are some samples. |  |
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| Do a map of your neighborhood |
This is a sample |
Use a neighborhood map to start |
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| Break all these maps into regions, ie. playground, grass, bare eroded earth, trees, shrubs, etc. ethnic origin | ||
| Make a Mercator Projection using a quartered orange peel - students can trace the orange as it is passed around. |
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