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My student photographer actually
got a decent shot of me! |
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| The start of our map. |
As a part of our mathematical morning that fated day after Halloween, we extended our math play into geography, which was a natural connection to our PYP unit - Where We Are in Place and Time.
We compared the grid lines on our floor to the longitude and latitude lines on a globe an map. From there, we used coordinate pairs to determine where to add features on our map - including natural and human characteristics.
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| Students used chalk to add features - buildings, rivers, etc. |
As we drew, and our map grew, we transferred that information to a grid map on the Promethean board which made it simpler to print out maps for those that were absent. (the rest of the Thinkers drew it on graph paper.)
The last thing we did that day was travel from location to location on the map. Simple, right? Nope. Not when you're using directions (N-S-W-E) and distance (1 block, 2 blocks, etc) Definitely not simple, but definitely, DEFINITELY fun!
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| One of the best tools we have! |
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A student map in progress - our dry erase
boards double as writing surfaces! |
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| Adding roads was a team effort! |
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| A completed map! |
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| Moving from place to place. |
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