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How can studying maps and navigations skills help me become a World Explorer? Part 1: Introduction Students begin this project by learning about how to most accurately describe the places that they live. Students will learn about the relationships between continents, countries, sub-divisions like states and provinces, and cities. Part 2: Maps & Cartography Students are matched with PenPals and begin studying different types of maps. As students and their PenPals study maps they will learn about common map features and different types of maps including topographical maps, weather maps, and political maps. Students will then share maps of their communities with their PenPals. Part 3: Navigation Students build on their knowledge of maps and cartography by learning about different ways people navigate from place to place. Students will explore solar and celestial navigation while also learning about contemporary forms of navigation such as global positioning systems. Part 4: Reflection Students finish this project by designing a navigation challenge for their classmates and their PenPals. In the navigation challenge students will use maps, navigation skills, as well as the internet to design and complete an interdisciplinary task! Join at: www.penpalschools.com using the code provided by your teacher. We connected with students from:
14 Comments
caiden herstein
10/24/2017 05:51:05 am
I like maps because they guide you around and let you go places you dont know how to get to.
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Sofia G
10/24/2017 05:55:30 am
It was pretty interesting because we were talking a little bit about our places and also how we used maps in our lives.
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Brigette
10/24/2017 06:01:06 am
Yo no se como hacen los mapas ahorita o como pensaban que eran los mapas en el pasado y eso me esta interesando.Todavia estoy por aprender mas pero ya se que aprendere muchas cosas.No se mucho de mis penpals pr que acabamos de empezar con este proyecto entonces solo espero que nos llevaremos bien!.
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Floriana Sueldo
10/24/2017 06:01:40 am
I think that maps can help because you find your way when you are lost.
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zoe
10/24/2017 06:04:15 am
uuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhh................................hi im zoe kirk i have no idea whate in writing abaut so hear goes i like maps beacus they help us navigate arund the world find new places and learn new things so thnks
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10/24/2017 06:11:34 am
Fue muy interesante porque estábamos hablando un poco acerca de nuestros lugares y también cómo usamos mapas en nuestras vidas.
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Annika Baumler
10/27/2017 07:10:17 am
I love learning about new things
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10/27/2017 10:03:56 am
Fue muy interesante hablar con mis penpals. Yo aprendio que mis penpals viven en USA. Yo tambien aprendio que hay MUCHOS tipos de mapas. Yo ya supe que mapas tienen muchas diferentes formas de mapas.
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10/27/2017 10:05:12 am
I reflected on how well i knew my penpals. I made sure that they all knew i was done with the project also.
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Izzie Hill
10/27/2017 10:08:37 am
When I started Maps and Cartography I thought it would just be about maps and how to use them. After I saw the videos I learned required a lot of mathematics and calculations to make them correct. My penpals are Andrew T. from US, Dani L. from US, Trevor T. from US, and Christopher o. from US.
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caiden herstein
10/30/2017 05:04:47 am
El comida es interesante.
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Cy Steele-Cobb
11/4/2017 01:30:50 pm
I knew basically nothing about navigation and could barely read a map before doing this activity. It was great to learn how to navigate using the sun and learn a bit of history. All my penpals were from the United States but they didn't share much else about them selves.
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Madeleine Harmony Wares 3.0
11/17/2017 09:01:04 am
i like it and made a lot of new freinds LOL:-)
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Gael Rodriguez-O'Donnell
11/17/2017 09:01:51 am
Before reading this article I did not know how compasses work and how to navigate on a map. Then I learned that compasses work on a magnetic field which is connected to the earth. My penpals did not share anything that they learned about navigation.
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