| Strand: |
Geography, Map Skills |
| Grade Level: |
4 - 6 |
| Duration: |
1 45 minute class period |
| Location: |
pre-visit or class room activity |
| Objective: |
Students will use the compass rose and recognize the cardinal
and intermediate directions
Students will use the map scale and measure distance
Students will use the map key to relate map features |
| Materials: |
Effigy Mounds Official Map and
Guide - distributed by NPS
Mounds on the Fire Point Loop Trail map
paper
scissors
Mound Map Worksheet (answers) |
| Vocabulary: |
compass rose
map key
map scale
cardinal directions
intermediate directions
excavated |
| Procedure: |
- Give each student a copy of the maps. Locate and explain the use of the compass
rose, map key and map scale. Explain the cardinal directions and then the
intermediate directions
- Ask them to place their finger on a point north of the Visitor Center. Visually
check students' answers. Other questions are on the Mound Map worksheet.
- Ask students to cut paper rulers using the map scale as a guide. Explain that the
distances written on the Official Map are measured distances along the trails which aren't
the shortest distance between the two points. Begin with a simple measurement
between Fire Point and Eagle Rock. All measurements will be approximate due to the
lack of a specific point-to-point measurement. Follow with questions on the Mound
Map Worksheet.
- Students will now use map keys to find out information. Ask them to tell how to
determine if a mound has been excavated. Continue with Mound Map worksheet.
Extension/Related Activities:
- Apply latitude and longitude measurements to map skills.
- When visiting the park you could find specific latitude and longitude locations using a
handheld Magellan global positioning monitor.
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