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KindergartenMapInquiry
DoWeStillNeed
PaperMaps?
SupportingQuestions
1. Howdomapshelpusfindwhatwearelookingfor?
2. Howcanweusemapstoshowotherswherethingsare?
3. Howdoelectronicmapsmakefindingplaceseasier?
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KindergartenMapInquiry
DoWeStillNeedPaperMaps?
GeorgiaPerformance
Standards
SSKG2:Thestudentwillexplainthatamapisadrawingofaplaceandaglobeisamodeloftheearth.
&C3Framework
Indicator
D2.Geo.1.K-2.Constructmaps,graphs,andotherrepresentationsoffamiliarplaces.
StagingtheQuestion
Studentswatchavideoinwhichaboytalksaboutatimehegotlostandhaveadiscussionaboutwhat
theyhavedonewhentheyhavegottenlost.
SupportingQuestion1
SupportingQuestion2
SupportingQuestion3
Understand
Understand
Understand
Howdomapshelpusfindwhatweare
lookingfor?
Formative
PerformanceTask
Formative
PerformanceTask
Createanelectronicandpapermapof
theirhome,classroom,school,or
neighborhood.
FeaturedSources
Explainhoweachmaphelpspeople
findsomethingtheymaybelooking
for.
FeaturedSources
SourceA:MapofZoo(example)
SourceB:MyMapBook
SourceC:GoogleMapsorMapQuest
Howcanweusemapstoshowothers
wherethingsare?
SourceA:TheCatintheHatCanMap
This&That
Howdoelectronicmapsmakefinding
someplaceseasier?
Formative
PerformanceTask
UseaGPSmappingsitetoget
directionsfromstudent’saddressto
schoolandparticipateinadiscussion
ofwaysthiscanmakefindingthe
schooleasier.
FeaturedSources
SourcesfromSQs1and2
SourceB:NationalGeographic
MapMakerTool
ARGUMENTDoWeStillNeedPaperMaps?Constructanargumentsupportedwithevidencethat
addressesthecompellingquestion.
Summative
PerformanceTask
EXTENSIONStudentsrecordtheirargumentsforpresentationtotheirpeers.
ASSESSDeterminewhichtypeofmapwouldhelpaschoolvisitorfindtheirclassroom.
TakingInformed
Action
ACTCreateaschoolmapinthechosenmediumtosharewithschoolvisitors.
THISWORKISLICENSEDUNDERACREATIVECOMMONSATTRIBUTION-NONCOMMERCIAL-SHAREALIKE4.0
INTERNATIONALLICENSE.
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Overview
InquiryDescription
Thisinquiryleadsstudentsthroughaninvestigationofelectronicandpapermapsasrepresentationsofthe
physicalworld.Inexaminingthedifferentwaysinwhichthetwomediumsreflectplaceandpositionality,
studentsshouldconsidertheutilityandrelativevalueofdifferentgeographicrepresentations.Through
interactionwiththeformativeperformancetasksandfeaturedsources,studentsbuildtheirknowledgeand
understandingsothattheyareabletodevelopanargumentthatanswersthecompellingquestion“DoWe
StillNeedPaperMaps?”
ThisinquirypartiallyembedstheTakingInformedActionsequence.Theunderstandelementisdeveloped
throughSupportingQuestions1,2,and3.Intheassesselement,studentsdeterminewhichofthemediums
wouldbestbeusedtohelpvisitorsfindtheirclassroom.Theactpiece,thecreationofaschoolmapof
chosenmedium,canbedoneinadditionto,orasasubstitutefor,theSummativePerformanceTask.
Itisimportanttonotethatthisinquirywillrequireprerequisiteknowledgerelatingtomapping.Thus,teachers
shouldhavealreadyintroducedtheirstudentstomapsastoolsrepresentinglocationsandasourceofinformation
forestablishingplace.
NOTE:Thisinquiryisexpectedtotakethreetofive30-minuteclassperiods.Theinquirytimeframecouldexpand
ifteachersthinktheirstudentsneedadditionalinstructionalexperiences(i.e.,supportingquestions,formative
performancetasks,andsources).Teachersareencouragedtoadapttheinquiriestomeettheneedsandinterestsof
theirparticularstudents.Resourcescanalsobemodifiedasnecessarytomeetindividualizededucationprograms
(IEPs)orSection504Plansforstudentswithdisabilities.
StructureoftheInquiry
Inaddressingthecompellingquestion“Dowestillneedpapermaps?”studentsworkthroughaseriesof
supportingquestions,formativeperformancetasks,andfeaturedsourcesinordertoconstructanargument
supportedbyevidencefromavarietyofsources.
StagingtheCompellingQuestion
Instagingthecompellingquestion,“Dowestillneedpapermaps?”teachersmaypromptstudentswithavideoclip
inwhichaboytalksaboutatimehegotlost.Studentsshoulddiscusswhattheyhavedonewhentheyhavegotten
lost.Thisactivitydrawsuponstudents’experiencesinordertoconsiderhowthey(oradults)determinelocation,
aswellashowtogettodifferentplaces.
SupportingQuestion1
Thefirstsupportingquestion—“Howdomapshelpusfindwhatwearelookingfor?”—asksstudentstoconsider
thefeatures,purpose,andrelativeutilityofdifferenttypesofmaps.Theformativeperformancetaskasksstudents
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toexplainhoweachmaphelpspeoplefindplacestheymaybelookingfor.Thefeaturedsourcesforthisquestion
areofvariousmediumsandlocations.Itissuggestedthatteachersusemapsofplacesfamiliartotheirstudents.
FeaturedSourceAisamapoftheAtlantaZoo,whichincludesbothimagesandwordstoidentifyfeaturesofthe
location.Othersuggestedmapsofsimilarstylecouldincludeacitypark,museum,amusementpark,andthelike.
FeaturedSourceBisachildren’sbookthatpresentsseveralmaprepresentationsofdifferentlocationswithwhich
studentsmaybefamiliar.FeaturedSourceCisaGPSmappingsite,suchasGoogleMapsorMapQuest.Inaddition
tothesethreestylesofmaps,teachersmaychoosetoincludemapsofotherfamiliarplaces(e.g.,thestudents’
school,neighborhood,city,town).Additionally,teachersmaychoosetouseaglobeorworldatlastosupplement
thissupportingquestion.
SupportingQuestion2
Forthesecondsupportingquestion—“Howcanweusemapstoshowotherswherethingsare?”—students
considerthewaysinwhichtheycanrepresentalocationusingtwodifferentmediums.Theformativeperformance
taskasksstudentstocreateanelectronicandpapermapoftheirhome,classroom,school,orneighborhood.In
additiontotheresourcesfromtheprevioussupportingquestion,thefeaturedsourcesaretwostudent-friendly
electronicmappingtools.FeaturedSourceA,TheCatintheHatCanMapThisandThat,allowsstudentstocreatea
mapbychoosingfromavarietyofdifferent-shapedlocationsandaddingfeatures.FeaturedSourceBisamapmakingtoolfromNationalGeographic.Thisresourceallowsstudentstosearchandzoominonalocation,thenadd
markers,lines,shapes,and/ortext.
SupportingQuestion3
Thethirdsupportingquestion—“Howdoelectronicmapsmakefindingsomeplaceseasier?”—asksstudentsto
considerhowGPSmappingcanassisttheminfindingdirectionsbetweentwolocations.StudentsuseaGPS
mappingsitetogetdirectionsfromstudents’homeaddressestoschoolandthenparticipateinadiscussionofways
thisresourcecanmakefindingtheschooleasier.Studentsuseearlierfeaturedsources,particularlyGoogleMapsor
MapQuest,tocompletethistask.Teachersmayalsochoosetouseanapponaphoneortablet.
SummativePerformanceTask
Atthispointintheinquiry,studentshaveworkedwithavarietyofsourcesinordertounderstandtheadvantages
anddisadvantagesofdifferentmappingmediums.Thisworkcontributestostudents’understandingofplace.
Studentsshouldbeexpectedtodemonstratethebreadthoftheirunderstandingsandtheirabilitiestouseevidence
frommultiplesourcestosupporttheirclaims.Studentsmightciteevidencefortheirargumentsinavarietyof
developmentallyappropriateways.Itisimportanttonotethatstudents’argumentscouldtakeavarietyofforms,
includingaclassdiscussionorcombinationofdrawingandwriting.
Students’argumentswilllikelyvary,butcouldincludeanyofthefollowing:
•
•
Weneedpapermapsbecausenotallplacesorthingsweneedtofindareonelectronicmaps.
Foralotofplacesweneedtofind,digitalmapsshowyouhowtogettherebetterthanpapermaps.
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•
Electronicmapscanbeveryhelpfulinfindingspecificdirections,butdon’thelpusfindotherthingsweare
lookingfor.
Toextendtheirarguments,teachersmayrecordstudents’argumentsforpresentationtotheirpeers.
StudentshavetheopportunitytoTakeInformedActionbydrawingontheirunderstandingsoftheadvantagesand
disadvantagesofdifferentmappingmediums.Toassess,studentsdeterminewhichofthemediumswouldbestbe
usedtohelpschoolvisitorsfindtheirclassroom.Toact,studentscreateaschoolmapoftheirchosenmediumto
sharewithschoolvisitors.Dependingonwhichtypeofmapstudentschoose,itcanbesharedeitherintheschool’s
officeoronthewebsite.
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StagingtheCompellingQuestion
FeaturedSource
SourceA:WonderGroveKids,video,KnowWhattoDoifYouGetLost,2013
Accessedfrom:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFU7c7D8X6A
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SupportingQuestion1
FeaturedSource
SourceA:ZooAtlanta,map,MapofAtlantaZoo,2015
Accessedfrom:
http://zooatlanta.org/home/trip_planner/map?utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F
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SupportingQuestion1
FeaturedSource
SourceB:SaraFanelli,book,MyMapBook,1995
Sampleofbookcontents:
Moreinformationcanbeaccessedfrom:http://www.sarafanelli.com/docs/bg02.html#
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SupportingQuestion1
FeaturedSource
SourceC:GlobalPositioningSystemprograms
GoogleMaps:https://maps.google.com/
MapQuest:https://www.mapquest.com/
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SupportingQuestion2
FeaturedSource
SourceA:PBSKids,video,TheCatintheHatCanMapThis&That,2010
Accessedfrom:http://pbskids.org/catinthehat/games/mappingtool.html
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SupportingQuestion2
FeaturedSource
SourceB:NationalGeographic,map-makingprogram,NatGeoMapMakerInteractive,(nodate)
Accessedfrom:http://mapmaker.nationalgeographic.org/
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