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Maps and Moore
Welcome Mr. Moore's Third Grade Class!
Maps are a very important tool that many of us use everyday to help
find out where we are and where we are going. I bet that you already
knew that maps can be used to help us drive from one place to another
and that they can help us find our way around somewhere we have never
been before, like Disney World or a very large park . Did you know that
maps can also help you to learn a lot about the weather, people, or
geography of a certain place too? There are many kinds of maps and they
all give different types of information about a certain place you want
to study.
By the time you reach the bottom of this page, you will learn how to plan and create YOUR VERY OWN CITY! You have never planned a city before, you say?
By the time you reach the bottom of this page, you will learn how to plan and create YOUR VERY OWN CITY! You have never planned a city before, you say?
No problem!
By the end of this lesson you will be an expert!
Be careful though.....by tomorrow, people all over the world may be knocking down your door, asking for help building their cities.
By the end of this lesson you will be an expert!
Be careful though.....by tomorrow, people all over the world may be knocking down your door, asking for help building their cities.
But what will we be doing?
Today your
challenge is to become a detective. By examining two maps of our
country, you will use the information you find to create
a map of your
own.
Tip: While looking at the
maps, think about exactly what each map is
showing you.
1. Find the following cities on
the interactive maps, once you find them, record them on the map in
front of you:
New York City Boston Washington D.C. New Orleans Miami Philadelphia
San Fransisco Chicago Seattle St. Louis
Don't forget to put Burlington on your map.
2. Next use the maps to label rivers, oceans, and mountain ranges in our country.
3. Now you can color your map. The water should be blue and mountains brown.
a. What color is near many of the cities?
b. What does this color represent?
c. Do you have a guess about why the cities are near this color?
The next step in your investigation is to research the connection between landscapes and where we choose to build our cities.
Click on the link below to learn a little bit about water and landforms to see what makes a city successful.
New York City Boston Washington D.C. New Orleans Miami Philadelphia
San Fransisco Chicago Seattle St. Louis
Don't forget to put Burlington on your map.
2. Next use the maps to label rivers, oceans, and mountain ranges in our country.
3. Now you can color your map. The water should be blue and mountains brown.
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4. Answer the following questions
on your worksheet:
a. What color is near many of the cities?
b. What does this color represent?
c. Do you have a guess about why the cities are near this color?
Let's see
if you were right......
The next step in your investigation is to research the connection between landscapes and where we choose to build our cities.
Click on the link below to learn a little bit about water and landforms to see what makes a city successful.
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5. Answer these
questions on your worksheet:
d. What are three benefits of building a city very close to the water?
e. Did you find a problem a city may face if it is built by the water?
f. What could be one advantage to building a city inland, towards the mountains?
g. What is a disadvantage of building a city near the mountains?
h. Has your answer changed to question (c) that you answered before?
i. Write down examples of two other towns on the map or another place in the country that are close to the water.
d. What are three benefits of building a city very close to the water?
e. Did you find a problem a city may face if it is built by the water?
f. What could be one advantage to building a city inland, towards the mountains?
g. What is a disadvantage of building a city near the mountains?
h. Has your answer changed to question (c) that you answered before?
i. Write down examples of two other towns on the map or another place in the country that are close to the water.
Your Challenge:
Where in the world?
Where in the world?
Now that you are
an expert city planner you need to help the new city of Megalopolis.
Megalopolis is a new city that is going to be built somewhere in the
United States. The people who designed the city have no idea where it
should go! Keep in mind that the city needs to be easily accessable by
people from other parts of the country, create power for companies,
offer food and water for its people.
Please Help Us!
Can you help find a home for the city of Megalopolis?
Can you help find a home for the city of Megalopolis?
6. On your map draw
and lable the location for your new city.
7. Now explain what you were thinking about when you chose this location.
Teachers:
There is an additional worksheet for this lesson which has the questions for students to answer.
If you have any questions please contact me, Katie Kuber, at:
kkuber@uvm.edu
7. Now explain what you were thinking about when you chose this location.
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Teachers:
There is an additional worksheet for this lesson which has the questions for students to answer.
If you have any questions please contact me, Katie Kuber, at:
kkuber@uvm.edu