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Map Adventures
 Entry ID: USGS_MAP_ADVENTURES

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Summary
Abstract: Map Adventures, with seven accompanying lessons, is appropriate for grades K-3. Students will learn basic concepts for visualizing objects from different perspectives and how to understand /and use maps. The lessons center on a story about a little girl named Nikki. Nikki goes up in an unplanned balloon ride that gives her, and the students, different views of a park.

Included in this package are:

- Seven lesson plans
- A picture of a hot-air balloon
- Two activity sheets
- 15 reproducible black-and-white sections of a park map that can be made into a poster

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Service Citation
Title: Map Adventures
Provider: U.S. Geological Survey
URL: http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/teachers-packets/mapadventures/
Service Keywords
EDUCATION/OUTREACH >CURRICULUM SUPPORT >CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES Parameter Definition
EDUCATION/OUTREACH >CURRICULUM SUPPORT >LESSON PLANS Parameter Definition

Science Keywords
BIOSPHERE >TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS >AGRICULTURAL LANDS Parameter Definition
BIOSPHERE >TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS >GRASSLANDS Parameter Definition
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ISO Topic Category
FARMING
BIOTA
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Ancillary Keywords
Education
Maps
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Service Provider
DOI/USGS/EGSC > Eastern Geographic Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior Supplemental Info
Service Organization URL: http://egsc.usgs.gov/

Service Provider Personnel
Name: DAVE KIRTLAND
Phone: 703-648-4712
Fax: 703-648-4603
Email: dakirtland at usgs.gov
Contact Address:
U.S. Geological Survey
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive MS-521
City: Reston
Province or State: VA
Postal Code: 20192
Country: USA
Distribution Media
Distribution_Media: Online
Fees: No fees
Personnel
DAVE KIRTLAND
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: 703-648-4712
Fax: 703-648-4603
Email: dakirtland at usgs.gov
Contact Address:
U.S. Geological Survey
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive MS-521
City: Reston
Province or State: VA
Postal Code: 20192
Country: USA
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Creation and Review Dates
SERF Creation Date: 2010-09-15
SERF Last Revision Date: 2010-09-17
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