City Planning

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Human: To read a map effectively, students must develop skills in finding points on and using a coordinate grid. This lesson is designed to provide that practice.\n\nPrint Settings\nPrinter Brand:\nMakerBot\n\nPrinter: MakerBot Replicator (5th Generation)\nRafts:\nYes\nSupports:\nNo\n\nCustom Section\nCity Planning\n“Project: City Planning”\no ○ Objectives:\nTo read a map effectively, students must develop skills in finding points on and using a coordinate grid. This lesson is designed to provide that practice.\no ○ Audiences:\nThis lesson targets students in grades 3-5. Grade 3 social studies requires basic reading of maps. Grades 4-5 build upon this foundation by exploring more complex concepts. Grade 5 introduces plotting points and using a coordinate grid in math.\nSubjects: social studies and math\nSkills Learned (Standards):\nGrade 3:\nA.4.5. Performance Standard:\nUse atlases, databases, grid systems, charts, graphs, and maps to gather information about the local community, Wisconsin, the United States, and the world.\nPrep/Materials:\nPrint two sets of 3D buildings and streets linked to this lesson for each partnership. Label them on the bottom so that each student refers to them as the same thing. Copies will need to be printed of sheets for days 3-6. Place treasure hunt in sheet protectors, allowing reuse by writing with a dry erase marker.\nSuggested: teacher device for projecting\n○ Lesson/Duration:\nDay 1-2:\nShow students the video "How Big is the World?" and use Google Earth to explore their city. Zoom out to the world and discuss its size. Introduce the concept of maps based on a grid system.\nDay 3-4:\nDisplay a blank grid and have students label locations of objects. Give each student time with the bag of city buildings and a partner. Students sit back to back, both with a blank grid in front of them. Partner one places the buildings on their map while explaining oral location points. When finished, compare maps.\nDay 5-6:\nWork on treasure hunt or play Battleship\nDay 7:\nGive students another grid and list of coordinates. This grid may have some objects already placed. Students will place buildings using the coordinates and label existing buildings based on their location.\nDay 8:\nDiscuss how locations relate to cardinal directions (North, South, West, East). Use a GPS locator or geocaching app to take students to find a geocache, following coordinate points and locating items on a map.\nPossible Extensions:\n-Have students design a trip using cardinal directions and map locations.\n-Students could recreate the city/map in Minecraft\n-Have your class create a cache by marking its physical location on the map and working with coordinates. Make this location public for others to find.\n