Youth Map Making Activities

Youth Map Making Activities Websites Web Sites: Making a Green Map Activity Guide http://www.greenmap.com/ymaps/activity.html Map making activity youth can do related to rides to and from school http://www.familyeducation.com/article/0,1120,22-1480,00.html Making School maps from the Michigan Education Site related to their learning standards. (Sample Core Curriculum) Indicates lower grades but can be modified for higher grades: http://www.michigan.gov/scope/0,1607,7-155-10710_10733_10740-41749--,00.html http://www.michigan.gov/scope/0,1607,7-155-10710_13476_13480-50021--,00.html KanGIS: K12 GIS Community Resources and on-line student mapping http://kangis.org/ http://kangis.org/mapping/sdm/ (for the student data mapping section of the site) What do Maps Show? From USGS (4-8) Activities and lessons for teachers http://interactive2.usgs.gov/learningweb/teachers/mapsshow.htm Map Adventures from USGS (K-3) Activities and lessons for teachers http://interactive2.usgs.gov/learningweb/teachers/mapadv.htm Exploring Maps from USGS (7-12) Activities and lessons for teachers http://interactive2.usgs.gov/learningweb/teachers/exploremaps.htm Map Skills for Children http://www.libraryvideo.com/guides/v8832.pdf Making a Map of Kid’s World from the Tulsa Global Alliance http://www.tulsaglobalalliance.org/KW04/KWCurriculum_Maps.pdf The Math Behind Map Making through Proquestk12.com: http://www.proquestk12.com/ http://64.233.161.104/search? q=cache:TpOy5lqUZGgJ:www.proquestk12.com/curr/docs/bcLE_SBLA_math_35_mapmaking.doc+youth+map+making&hl=en