Lesson+2

**2.06**: Identify and use models, maps, and aerial photographs as ways of representing landforms. || Introduce the terms from the vocabulary list one at a time and have the students find the featured vocabulary item on the three maps. The students should discuss why certain maps might not need certain map features. || **Compass** – shows the map user the direction on the map that is north (north is not always toward top of the page on a map) **Coordinates** – numbers or letters around the border of the map that allow the user to use the grid system to locate specific objects or areas on the map **Grid** – vertical and horizontal lines that form small squares on a map; they allow the user to find specific locations or areas on a map **Key or Legend** – words or colors that explain the symbols on a map, usually in a box in the corner of the map **Scale** – a ratio which compares a measurement on a map to the actual distance between locations identified on the map **Title** – the words (usually at the top or bottom of the map) that let the reader know the location or area shown in the map ||  [|National Geographic map maker] [|Map games] ||
 * **Lesson 2:** || Maps and Navigation ||
 * **Standards Addressed:** || **Science**
 * **Lesson Objective:** || Students will be able to identify features of maps, including title, direction, scale, key, symbols, and coordinates. ||
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">**Assessment:** || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Students will add missing map features to a map template that has had its features deleted. Specifically, students will be given a __sheet of graph paper__ and a list of required terms in order to make a map. They will need to include symbols on their map corresponding to the required terms on their map: compass, coordinates, grid, key/legend, scale, title. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">**Materials/Tools:** || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">[[file:Downtown Americatown.docx]][[file:smoky mountains map-1.pdf]][[file:metro map-1.pdf]][[file:grid paper.docx]]Colored Pencils ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">**Introduction:** || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Distribute copies of the Smoky Mountains, D.C. Metro, and Downtown Americatown maps. Have students discuss the purposes of each map and the differences among the maps.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">**Procedures:** || __<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">**Map Features Vocabulary** __
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">**Resources:** || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">To be used with extra time: