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Abstract
This activity is a visit to a wetland ecosystem and how to read
maps. A visit to Rose Bay area on foot, sea and air. Learn the facts
of the topography network and the environement around the Rose Bay
area. This activity will take you through the native lands and
plants of the area that the Native Americans might have
seen.
The objective of this activity is to give students
insight into the topography from the realistic point of view of
today's scientist. Students will learn how to use topography for
their benefit of the future generations and to the generations of
today.
Lesson fundamental understandings:
Essential
Questions:
Standards
National Standards Geography Language
Arts US History World History
State Standards
Lesson
Prerequisite Skills
Students will need to know the following vocabulary: Vension, sea
cows, manatees, terrapins, tortoises, fruits, sea grasses, cacti,
uplands, wetlands, hammock, marshes, bays, estuaries, ecomonics,
politics, belief, mythology, projectile, attribute, globes, maps,
latitude, longitude, hemisphere, grid system, symbols, mountians,
hills, plateus, plains, oceans, seas, bays, gulfs, lakes, and
rivers.
Teacher
Information/Situations/Setting/Time Teacher will
explain, model, research, and then generalize
Materials
needed:
World Map
United states map
Florida map
Pictures
of all words
Story
General purpose maps
special purpose
maps
LANDSAT maps
Geomorphology from space
CDL
Computer
with Internet access
Set up a time to have the St. John River
Management or zoning board people come talk and walk you through the
Park. Crosswords, Internet searches, map searches for the student's
home, the park, and other familar places. Vocabulary games, mapping
games and assignments, geography terms and forms. Mapping skills can
be brought into here at this time, try orienteering.
Assessment
Assessment can be done through pre and posttest, portfolio's,
notebooks, made up books to read to others, crossword puzzles that
they make or you with new names and old, quizzes and tests
Student Activity/Tasks Use a CDL- can
play several line games, map graphics.
Computer and internet
access do a research project on topography
Learn the words do
word games, crosswords, write the word and definition,put in
sentences use them in class.
Enrichment/Alternate Activity:
Cross-Curricular:
Technology
Requirements/Tools/Materials
Computors with Internet access
CDL's
People to help
Acknowledgements:
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