Lesson 1
Title: Map Skills
Objective:
Materials:
Activities:
1. Discuss vocabulary and view maps of Florida: Florida Map Web site
National Geographic Web site. Here you will locate outline maps of the USA and Florida.
2. Have students draw a free hand map of Florida, locating and labeling major cities, bodies of water, and land forms.
3.Have students come up to the overhead projector and have them label a major city on a blank map.
4. In cooperative groups the students will make a relief map of Florida. Draw an outline of the state on the base. Have students, wearing old t-shirts, apply the papier-mâché and shape the relief. The map can be painted when the materials have dried. Labeling of each major city will be done with a marker.
Instructions for papier-mâché : tear newspaper into small strips and soak them in water. Boil until the paper becomes pulp. Cool and squeeze out excess water. Add enough wallpaper paste to hold everything together. Add about one teaspoon of sodium benzoate to preserve the mixture.
5. Take an online quiz about Florida at Enchanted Learning.
Evaluation: Final product of relief map with correct labels.
Extension Activity: Conduct Internet Research on Florida or State of Your Choice
Students use various search engines to collect information on their state: AltaVista, Google, Yahooligans
Have them type in the name of their state in the subject matter search box
The best sites are usually the top 20-25
Students use index cards to record data; these can be sorted as needed
Have them record URL of each site on index card containing data from that site
Have students complete State Internet Research Work Sheet
Homework: Write a poem about a favorite city or state.