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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?
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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? Why or why not?
Discuss: What do you think East and West are pointing to on the compass rose?
Class Demonstration
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:
- "Everyone stand up"
- Pick a direction. "Everyone point your bodies north."
- "When I say a new direction, everyone quickly turn and point in that direction."
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 auto-pause, just press "play."
Below are ideas for extending this topic beyond the activity & Exploration which you just completed.
- End of Mystery Assessment and Answer Key
- Reading: "Running on Top of the World"
- Activity: Never Eat Soggy Waffles
- Activity: Make a Sky Dome to model the Sun's daily path
- Activity: For a multi-day exploration of mapping and community, check out National Geographic’s Analyze a Community Map activity
Extra Activity: Never Eat Soggy Waffles
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.
