PREVIEW Map A Look at the area of the classroom your teacher has marked off with tape. Draw all the objects in the area, placing them as accurately as possible on Map A. When you finish your map, compare it to the maps of two or three other students. How closely does your map match the maps of other students? How could this map be drawn more accurately? Map B Now map the same area again. Be careful to locate each object on the grid before drawing it on Map B. When you complete the map, compare it with two or three maps other students made. Is Map A or B more accurate? Why? How does a grid help us create accurate maps? A B C D E F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Geography of the United States 1 © Teachers’ Curriculum Institute
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Map A Look at the area of the classroom your teacher has marked off with tape. Draw all the objects in the area, placing them as accurately as possible on Map A. When you finish your map, compare it to the maps of two or three other students. How closely does your map match the maps of other students? How could this map be drawn more accurately?
Map B Now map the same area again. Be careful to locate each object on the grid before drawing it on Map B. When you complete the map, compare it with two or three maps other students made. Is Map A or B more accurate? Why? How does a grid help us create accurate maps?
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Write a journal entry about your trip to California. Include some details about how the geographic features along the way affected your journey. You may include an illustration to show one geographic feature you saw along the way.
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