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Additional Search Results 1 - 10 of 369 for Landmarks
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1. Leapin' Landmarks: Locating 10 man-made landmarks around the world
Leapin' Landmarks: Locating 10 man-made landmarks around the world Author Judy Phillips Grade Level 3 - 3 Duration 2-3 class periods Last Update 09/23/2002 National Geography Standards Element Standard Standard ID Element One: The 1 How to Use Maps and Other Geographic Representations, Tools, and World in Spatial Tec...
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2. Lesson 5 for Orienteering
Orienteering Lesson 5 Topic: Compasses Concept: Parts of a compass; Direction and bearings Skill: Determine a bearing from a location to specific landmarks. Objective: Students will be able to identify the various components of a compass and know how to determine a bearing to a landmark. Lesson Activity: (materials needed: compasses least one for every pair of students.) The whole group lesson will include a short history of the compass, a review of di...
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3. Special Places in Our Country
Key Word Search DDNCurriculum Advanced SearchFull Unit of Study ListingSubmit a New Unit Home DDN Curriculum Components for Unit of Study 498 Unit of Study Title: Special Places in Our Country Topic Area: Social Science Grade Level: K-2 Time Frame: 2-4 Weeks Key Words: Landmarks Unit Designer: Paula Vilhauer (PV007) Unit Designer E-mail: Paula.Vilhauer@k12.sd.us School District: Wagner Date Added: 6/25/2002 11:21:18 AM Date Last Revised: 6/25/2002 11:21:18 AM Peer Reviewer: Barb Jonkers Peer Reviewer E-mail: SD Content Standard Goals (SD Content Standards): Social Science S...
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4. EverestQuest-Math Lesson Plan 3
...Himalayas. Here are some others: Cho 21,965 Polu ft. Gokyo 17,519 Ri ft. Makalu 27,765 ft. Nun 23,410 Kun ft. Here are the altitudes of some other famous tall peaks: Mt. 20,320 McKinley ft. Mt. Logan 19,550 ft. Mt. 19,340 Kilimanjaro ft. Mt. 14,411 Rainier ft. Here are some heights of other famous landmarks: Statue of 305 Liberty ft. Sears Tower 1,450 ft. Eiffel Tower 984 ft. To get a better understanding of just how tall Mt. Everest is, it would be good to see a visual model comparing it to some of these other tall peaks and landmarks. How could you create such a model? You might want to think about t...
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5. Journey North
A Sense of Location: The Mental Map An Internal Rand McNally Time 1-2 periods Materials drawing materials Standards Overview: Students consider how mental maps of geographic landmarks can help migrating animals stay on the correct course. Background How do migrating animals manage to find their way to wintering or breeding grounds that may be thousands of miles away? Scientists are just beginning to understand how some animals' map and compass systems might work together. For ins...
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6. Teachers Network: Adaptor Grants: Our Little Town
...ds a TESOL certification. _ Future plans include the completion of her TESOL credits and obtaining a Masters degree in English. _ _ P.S. 35 Bronx, NY Original Project by Phyllis Sicuranza _ _ _ Modifications Students used digital cameras, video camcorders, and tape recorders to capture neighborhood landmarks and important people. _ _ Students navigate through www.mapquest.com in order to locate neighborhood landmarks and obtain directions to those landmarks. Students create neighborhood maps using Microsoft Exel drawing program. Instructional Objectives Students operate various types of technology, to g...
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7. Orienteering: Map Skills
...nt activity for field trips. I used it as a culminating activity to an outdoor unit. Goal: The purpose of this activity is to involve students in map skills in an every day situation, making the use of maps more real to them. Objectives: Students will be able to: 1. Use a map to locate six specific landmarks in a given area. 2. Individually, and as a group, write a list of how maps and landmarks can help us. 3. Write an explanation of how to get from point A to point B to someone unfamiliar to the area. Background Information: Materials: A selected course that has been mapped and specific landmarks colo...
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8. Title of Lesson: A Map is Worth a Thousand Words309
...ny eighth or ninth grade literature anthologies. Put the students in groups and ask them to list in order where Rainsford fell off the boat ( basically your are looking for a location in the Caribbean , north of Brazil), where he went on the night of the hunt (focus on direction he went in and what landmarks he found), and where the story ended. Students are looking for major landmarks, both natural and constructed. Have students from each group put their lists on the board. Discuss the lists and make a final list. Put the words mental map, key, and direction on the board and discuss what they mean in r...
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9. Orienteering Map Skills
...Krista Chaput, Deb Lamprecht, and Nicole Carper from S.M.A.R.T. Resume Student Teaching Grade: 1^st Integrated Disciplines: Geography/ Language Arts National Standards: 1.3 Students will compare the relative location of people, places, and things Objectives: bullet Use a map to locate five specific landmarks in a given area (College of St. Mary's) bullet In a group create a list of how maps and landmarks can help us. bullet Follow directions on symbols on a map exercise. Assessment: bullet Students will be able to complete their map by finding the five specific landmarks and correctly coloring the circl...
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10. Grade 4 Lesson at a Glance: Chapter 9, Lesson 3
...ork Concept: Culture California's immigrants made a mark in California through their many different contributions. Use the illustrations and photos in the lesson to begin a discussion of important contributions that various ethnic groups have made in California. Have students also name other foods, landmarks, stores, and inventions that California immigrants contributed to the state. Lesson Outline Use the Lesson Outline to preview the content of the lesson. You may wish to print it for your students as a guide during reading. Check for Understanding Have students write a newspaper article about the con...
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