Shannon+R.+&+Lauren+C.

Hi, I see you got your two attachments uploaded. Let me know if you have any other problems. Hiller

Hi, This is a great project. I like your question. The students are going to be engaged while learning two interesting concepts! Can't wait to see the video!  Hiller **Compelling Question and Age Group:**

How can we use google maps to teach relative and absolute location to second graders?

**Proposed materials and resources:**
Google Maps Data student collected from interviews with parents about their birthplace.

Recording sheet where students complete activities and answer questions about absolute and relative location
Promethean board and lessons/activities

Parent letter, recording sheet, and Promethean board lessons attached below:



**Lesson Ideas and NCSCOS Learning Objectives:** **Second Grade Standard Course of Study Objectives:** 4.03-Describe human movement in the establishment of settlement patterns such as rural, urban, and suburban. 5.01-Define geography and use geographic terms to describe landforms, bodies of water, weather, and climate. 5.02-Describe the role of a geographer and apply geographic tools, such as maps, globes, compasses and photographs, in the understanding of locations and characteristics of places and regions. 5.03-Compare and contrast the physical features of communities and regions. 5.04-Identify the absolute and relative location of communities. 5.05-Interpret maps, charts, and pictures of locations. **Content:** relative and absolute location, research about the student's birthplace (relates to the theme of Communities in the 2nd grade curriculum). We will also be able to zoom in and use the map to explore landforms, which is also part of the second grade curriculum. **Pedagogy:** Students will learn about their own birthplace by interviewing parents or researching online. The students will learn about absolute and relative location by locating their birthplace on a map and then describing the relative location of it to other students' birthplaces. Google Maps will allow students to look up the absolute location of their birthplace (longitude and latitude) **Technology:** Google Maps, Internet resources for research <span style="color: #121212; display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px;">**Where the ILP will be implemented:** <span style="color: #121212; display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px;">Shannon and Lauren will each complete this lesson with their own 2nd grade class using a shared Google Map site. Students will be able to learn about their birthplace as well as the birthplaces of the students in their class and the other class. <span style="color: #121212; display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px;"> <span style="color: #121212; display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px;">**Timeline:** <span style="color: #121212; display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px;">This project will begin the week of October 25. Parent letters will go home and students will start the process described above. It will take 2-3 weeks to complete all the involved activities, depending on how fast students understand and what questions they have. <span style="color: #121212; display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px;"> <span style="color: #121212; display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px;">**Storyboard:** <span style="color: #121212; display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px;"> <span style="color: #121212; display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px;">__Introduction__: Explanation of project featuring our voices and/or students explaining...another possibility is words going across screen explaining with <span style="color: #121212; display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px;"> "where in the world is Carmen Sandiego" music playing in the background. <span style="color: #121212; display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px;">__Body__: Video and still images (mixed) of students completing project with our guidance <span style="color: #121212; display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px;">__Closing__: Student interviews where kids explain if/how much they enjoyed the project, what they learned from it, etc. Show completed map.