Geography: Directions

Would you like to travel? In order to see beyond your local community, mountains, rivers, states, and different continents you must understand how to read a map, so you don't get lost. Traveling is a great way to experience different cultures, and so many wonders of nature. Buckle up your seat belts, and get ready to travel the world!

Are you ready to travel the world? In order to be prepared, you must learn how to get to your desired destination using directions. Today, you will learn how to use cardinal and intermediate directions. There's only one problem...you will have to find out what cardinal and intermediate directions are  in order to find the places you want to travel to. 

Let's start learning about directions!

First, create a Travel Journal using:

• Construction paper (colorful or manila)
• copy paper
• yarn or stapler
• Be creative! 

You will encounter a lot of obstacles throughout your journey. Record each obstacle in your Travel Journal by using the Frayer Model: Define, Example, Own Definition, and Picture. Share with a friend. Include the date and a title. 

For example:

For your first entry, you will define cardinal directions in your Travel Journal. Then you will crack a poem, and draw and label the cardinal directions on the map below. Make sure to include the parts in the poem that help you know where the cardinal directions go by drawing it, or writing the phrase. (print map first, and paste it into your Travel Journal as your first entry after the definition of cardinal directions).

Click on link below for vocabulary words (click on background and vocabulary)

http://www.nationalgeographic.org/activity/cardinal-directions-and-maps/

Click on link below for poem

http://www.pkwy.k12.mo.us/homepage/sbarmeier/File/Cardinal_Directions_poem.pdf

You have received a puzzle in pieces. You and your partner will now put it together to have a clear image of what a compass rose looks like. 

Paste the compass rose in your Travel Journal as your second entry. Add the definition of a compass rose using previous vocabulary link. 

When you complete the puzzle it will look like this. 

Don't turn the page just yet in your journal!

Now you will define intermediate directions, and fill them in (based on the definition) on the compass you just put together with your partner. 

Click for definition of intermediate directions

http://kids.britannica.com/comptons/article-199633/directions

Once you have finished labeling the compass rose, create phrase to help you remember the directions North, East, West, and South. Make sure to go clockwise. 

For example:

“Never Eat Soggy Waffles.”

"Never Eat Slimy Worms."

Now you are ready to practice what you have learned! You are so close to seeing the world!

 Click below to practice using a compass to identify the cardinal and intermediate directions.

http://www.wartgames.com/themes/geography/compass-directions.html

First play Map zone interactive compass and direction game and click on Map skills then Compass and Directions. 

After the game, click on Map quizzes and turn the wheel to Compass and Directions. 

Then you may pick  on Compass Rose, Using a Compass interactive, Flight rescue compass and direction game, Learn how to use a compass on the same page, link above. 

Pay close attention to where the rocky Mountains, and the Mississippi River are located. 

You will now demonstrate what you have learned about cardinal and intermediate directions. 

Print this out, and past to journal. 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-UrPKGN-V79ISq-9oVZkLRj2pjT6-0Fo2NKENlXktYI/edit

Great job on learning the cardinal and intermediate directions! Get ready for your next adventure where you will choose any place to go!

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Compass & Directions: Free Games & Activities for Kids. Learn How to use a Compass. Retrieved from http://www.wartgames.com/themes/geography/compass-directions.html

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National Geographic Society. (2017). CARDINAL DIRECTIONS AND MAPS. Retrieved from externalfile:oedeeodfidgoollimchfdnbmhcpnklnd:~%2FDownloads%2Fcardinal-directions-and-maps-1 (2)%2Ezip:f0f7b89314436475363ae2e41b6c5412ad78ee31/cardinal-directions-and-maps-1.pdf

(n.d.). Retrieved April 16, 2017, from http://www.enchantedlearning.com/language/english/label/compass/

TEKS:

§113.14. Social Studies, Grade 3, Beginning with School Year 2011-2012.

(5)  Geography. The student understands the concepts of location, distance, and direction on maps and globes. The student is expected to:

(A)  use cardinal and intermediate directions to locate places on maps and globes such as the Rocky Mountains, the Mississippi River, and Austin, Texas, in relation to the local community;

(C)  identify and use the compass rose, grid system, and symbols to locate places on maps and globes; and

(D)  create and interpret maps of places and regions that contain map elements, including a title, compass rose, legend, scale, and grid system.

I will use this Webquest as an introductory of Maps.