I got a chance to meet, greet and map this week with the 5th graders I am working with. We are working in their science class to understand how to read maps; what different types of maps are used for, and how to identify the key, the scale, the cardinal direction, and other important characteristics. After two sessions of work with a wide variet
y of maps, it seems that most students are quite good and locating features to help them decipher a wide variety of maps. There is some struggle understanding scale, but translating Miles, to inches to centimeters is hard!
Next week, students will start making their own maps, which is important to my study. I can't wait to see what they do.
This sounds SO FUN. I wonder how you'll frame the project for the students-- for your purposes. It would be interesting to see your handout, if you make one.
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