Time Duration: Two 50-minute class periods Grade Level: 4-5
observation, interpretation of data, recording and symbolic
representation desktop or work surface, lunch materials, paper,
pencils and crayons, straight edge or ruler Mapping is an
activity that allows students to make a transfer from the
reality of objects and locations close at hand to larger areas
that cannot be seen from the ground. A further extension of
these activities involves examination of aerial photographs of a
particular area. Sources of these photographs might be local
television stations, newspapers or historical societies.
Developed tract homes may have had house plans or street maps
filed with the city government building departments. Emergency
agencies have detailed maps which may include fire hydrants,
water main sources etc. Day 1 - Ask students to examine the
contents of their lunches. Students who do not have lunches may
work with those students who have lunches. (Alternatively, ask
each student to bring from home an everyday i