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Activity
5:
Treasure Map!
Students
will use the Internet to create a national parks treasure map. Others
will follow the map and clues to find specific parks.
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Unit:
National Parks Treasure
Hunt
Guiding Question: What
special characteristics do our national parks have?
Critical Content:
Become familiar
with various national parks in our country.
Grades: 3-6
Duration: 1 hour
Group size: small
groups of 3-4 students
Setting: Classroom
with Internet access
Materials: Computer
with Internet access for each group of students, one copy
of the Treasure
Map Directions, a blank
Treasure Map, and a list
of state abbreviations for each group of students.
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Procedures:
- Break class up into
small groups.
- Each group will need
a computer with Internet connections, a printed copy of the Treasure
Map Directions,
and a blank
Treasure Map
of the United States, and a list
of state abbreviations.
- Students will read
the Student Direction Sheet and follow the directions. They will
find the information about national parks needed to create a national
parks treasure map. Have students fill out their group worksheet
using information from the National
Park Service website.
- Each group will be
responsible for completing steps 1-4 on the correlating activity
sheet. Groups should not let the other groups see their work.
- After groups have
filled out their worksheet and completed their treasure maps,
have the groups exchange maps and clues with each other. They
will then try to use the clues and the treasure maps to identify
the various national parks.
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