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Teachers: Please note! Mystery 7, coming up in a few weeks, requires students to keep a Moon Journal. Depending on the current phase of the Moon they may need to start this soon! This week would be a good time to give each student a Moon Journal handout and have them get started.
Discuss: What does it mean to say the globe is a model of the Earth?
Discuss: Where is the map of your bedroom on the globe?
Discuss: Which is closer to the North Pole: the blue house or the forest (with the five trees)?
Discuss: Is there an East Pole and a West Pole?
Discuss: What do you think East and West are pointing to on the compass rose?
Once you know one direction, you can figure out all the other directions. (This is handy, since some maps have a compass rose that only points “N”.) Try it.
Instructions:
In the next slide is the Activity video. It will automatically pause every time there is a new step for students to do. To resume after each autopause, just press "play."
Have students write (and illustrate) a sentence to remind them of the order of the directions on the compass rose. (Our favorite is Never Eat Soggy Waffles, but view suggestions.)
Help them to acquire a sense of direction by marking the cardinal directions on the playground in chalk or on the classroom floor with tape.
Then have students draw a map of the classroom and add their own compass rose on the map.
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