Title: Mapping the Classroom  | National Geographic Society
Headings: Mapping the Classroom
Mapping the Classroom
Informal Assessment
Extending the Learning
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Content: Students who acquire robust spatial thinking skills will be at an advantage in our increasingly global and technological society and will also build a foundation for analyzing environmental issues and challenges. Prior Knowledge
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Vocabulary
language skills
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skills including conventions of standard English, knowledge of language, and vocabulary acquisition and use. location
Noun
position of a particular point on the surface of the Earth. map
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symbolic representation of selected characteristics of a place, usually drawn on a flat surface. map skills
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skills for reading and interpreting maps, from learning basic map conventions to analyzing and comprehending maps to address higher-order goals. spatial thinking
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collection of learned skills including the elements of concepts of space, tools of representation, and processes of reasoning. Books
Sweeney, Joan. Me on the Map. Dragonfly Books: New York, 1998.