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__//**Lesson #7:**//__

**__Grade Level: __** Kindergarten  __**Unit:**__ Plants and Animals

__**Assignment type:**__ Mapping Activity

__**Lesson objectives: **__


 * Student will learn the importance of maps, why they are needed, what is found on a map (including legend, roads, buildings, etc.) and how one is created.
 * Student will work together to create a map of the neighborhood surrounding school and home.
 * Students will explore maps online and view the different animals found throughout the world through the location of them on the given maps.
 * Students will understand how to map various locations and will re-create a map of animals that they identify from school to home.

**__Time required to complete this lesson: __ **
 * 1 day for students to study and understand the importance of maps, how to read them, what is located on a map and the key terms found.
 * 2 days for students to create a map of the school and neighborhood surrounding it. This will be done as a collaborative project.
 * 1 class period for students to explore MapWing with locations of animals from around the world.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">1 class period should be allotted for students to answer questions and discuss with the rest of the class.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">2 days for students to create a map identifying the various animals that they locate from school to home (and home to school).
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">1 class period to discuss similarities and differences between the [|MapWing] animal locations and the maps that the students create.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;"><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;"><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">__<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Title of lesson :__ <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 12pt;">

__//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Maps, Maps, Maps! <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">We Create Maps! //__ ** <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;"> __**<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Resources/materials needed: **__ <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;"> __**<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Description of lesson: **__ Introduction to lesson should be a class period in which students discuss the importance of maps, what they look like, what is located on them and why they are needed. Instructor should have various examples of maps from globes to maps of the state and city. Teacher should have students locate the various items that are on the map legend as a hands on activity. For example, students should be able to locate roads, highways, neighborhoods, major buildings, etc. After understanding of the key components to a map is made clear, students will collaborate together to create their own map of the school and the neighborhood surrounding it. This could include the students taking a field trip outside and walking around the school and drawing the different buildings, roads and signs that they locate along the way. Students will use construction paper and markers to re-create their own map just as the ones that were discussed earlier in class. After creating their own maps, students will view the MapWing tour below for examples of different types of animals throughout the world. Instructor should view the tour with the students and read all captions to help clarify any misunderstanding. It is available for students to re-visit here later if they would like to do so. Students will then answer the questions (using the attached worksheet) that are on the interactive map, discuss them with the class and then create their own map of different animals that they can locate from school to home (or home to school). This will be done on construction paper and with markers. //**Note:**// The MapWing interactive map is for the students to have a hands on, exciting experience with maps and different animals of the world. The tool is a bit complicated to make and is a little too advanced for this grade level. It is merely a great tool to use for them to have interaction with maps.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Examples of various types of maps with legends (Include a globe, a flat map of the world, a map of the state and a map of the local city). Include large maps for class discussion and copies of smaller maps for students to look off of.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Construction paper, markers, rulers
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Example of MapWing (located below) for discussions on the various types of animals around the world. This shows pictures and descriptions for each location on the map for the different types of animals.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Questions sheet for students to write down answers to the interactive questions on MapWing. *See attached worksheet below under "Assignment.

__**<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Assignment: **__ <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;">Begin the tour where you see the <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;">yellow <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;"> light! Just hit the play button in the left corner. This first stop will show you 4 different pictures with interesting facts about the animal of that country. The tour will take you to the next <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;">"big red dot" <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;"> on the map to view the next stop. Remember that each place you visit, you will be shown 4 different pictures of 1 animal that you are learning about. Make sure to look closely at the questions and websites so that you can go back and answer them later. You can always stop the tour so don't worry if it is going too fast, you can stop it to slow it down for you. media type="custom" key="4922727" <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">//**Wow! You finished your tour!**// Remember those questions? Answer those on the worksheet below and do the best that you can! We will share them with the class later. If you need help answering the questions, remember these websites that will help you: __**<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;"> Technology used: **__ <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 12pt;">The <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">MapWing website is a great way for students to get an interactive experience when exploring maps. Any image can be uploaded! Therefore, if the class was studying the state of Colorado, there could be just the image of the state as the main picture rather than the whole world. There can be 4 pictures and captions loaded with each stop. This makes it great for including different aspects and perspectives on what is being taught. Students have the chance to have a hands on experience with maps, rather than just looking at them inside of a book. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;"><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;"> __The technology used in this lesson changes the teaching / learning in this way:__ <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">  ** <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Technology in this lesson is a huge part in understanding the meaning of maps and why they are important. Not only can students view pictures on the stops but they can correlate the similarities between the images and text they are looking at and where it is located on a map. In addition, it gives students a different perspective on what maps are. They are receiving a virtual tour rather than looking at them on paper. Although the students do re-create a map on paper, they are doing so to grasp the concept and then be integrated in to the technology. MapWing is certainly an excellent tool to use when introducing the concept of maps into the classroom.