Mapping

Mapping Skills (with a world hunger perspective)
Hunger Map USA
Infographic with  Map
Google Maps


10/8  It's time to teach mapping skills in third grade social studies.  The Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills are:

3.5 Geography. The student understands the concepts of location, distance, and direction on maps and globes. The student is expected to: (A)  use cardinal and intermediate directions to locate places on maps and globes such as the Rocky Mountains, the Mississippi River, and Austin, Texas, in relation to the local community

3.5 Geography. The student understands the concepts of location, distance, and direction on maps and globes. The student is expected to:  (B)  use a scale to determine the distance between places on maps and globes

3.5 Geography. The student understands the concepts of location, distance, and direction on maps and globes. The student is expected to: (C)  identify and use the compass rose, grid system, and symbols to locate places on maps and globes

3.5 Geography. The student understands the concepts of location, distance, and direction on maps and globes. The student is expected to: (D)  create and interpret maps of places and regions that contain map elements, including a title, compass rose, legend, scale, and grid system.

As we are studying maps and globes via interactive online maps and the old fashioned kind, we are discussing and locating where childhood hunger is most severe in the United States and the world.

10.12.12
Today, as we were studying our hunger maps, the Austin American Statesman came to take pictures of us for an article they are doing on our project.  Afterwards, we discussed the power of the press release.  If we had not spread the word, no one would have known about us.  Always, always, always share your good news..... everywhere and anywhere.