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Geography · Kindergarten

Maps Are Models

Children discover that a model is a small copy of something real, learn to see things from straight above like a bird (a cup's top is a circle, a table top is a rectangle), and then follow a real room as it becomes a block model and finally a flat map. They finish by sorting what a map can show from what it cannot.

  • 3 lessons
  • About 30 minutes
  • Models and maps check: 5 questions
  • Ways to answer: fill in the blanks, choose an answer, match pairs, put in order, sort into groups and true or false
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What learners will discover

  • Explain that a model is a small copy of a real thing or place, and tell models from the real things they copy.
  • Recognize a bird's-eye view: tell what shape things have when you look at them from straight above.
  • Explain that a map is a flat drawing of a place seen from above, and tell what a map can and cannot show.

Lessons

  1. A model is a small copy 5 steps2 practiceabout 8 min
  2. A bird's-eye view 6 steps3 practiceabout 9 min
  3. From a model to a map 6 steps3 practiceabout 9 min
  4. Models and maps check 5 questions at the end

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