Geography Standard One - Grades K-3

Sample Activity

Students might be asked to compare air photos with different kinds of maps of the local area (road maps, topographical maps, population distribution maps) to compare uses and understand map-making techniques [Maps].

Parent Partnership Project: Students could create a "history" map of their lives marking their birthplaces, different places they have lived, and places to which they could have traveled. Different colored stars or other symbols could be utilized to identify categories of places [Maps].

Students could use a map and follow a directed route though the local community of their school, which would help them understand the use of compass point and map scale [Maps].

Students might be asked to locate their hometowns on a state map, Delaware on a U.S. map, and the United States on a world map [Maps].

Using spherical objects, such as balloons or Styrofoam balls, students might construct a globe, and label the equator, the pole, the prime meridian, and the continents and oceans [Maps].

Students might make a map from memory of the journey to school 9or the journey from classroom to the cafeteria) and then compare that map with those of other students to discuss how each is different and why certain features may be common [Maps].

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