Tips and activities from teachers like you!We learned coordinates by going on an archeological dig. I roped off a section of the sandbox A restricted environment in which certain functions are prohibited. For example, deleting files and modifying system information such as Registry settings and other control panel functions may be prohibited. and buried small pieces of pottery in various spots, marking each with a labeled coordinates sign (using letters and numbers). I then divided the class into teams and gave each a trowel and a brush, plus pencil and paper pencil and paper - An archaic information storage and transmission device that works by depositing smears of graphite on bleached wood pulp. More recent developments in paper-based technology include improved "write-once" update devices which use tiny rolling heads similar to mouse . Once students had dug up their "artifacts artifacts see specimen artifacts. " and brushed them off, they recorded their findings--including the coordinates where each object was discovered. Back inside, we mapped the finds on graph paper. Afterward af·ter·ward also af·ter·wards adv. At a later time; subsequently. Adv. 1. afterward - happening at a time subsequent to a reference time; "he apologized subsequently"; "he's going to the store but he'll be back here , every child was able to read a grid! --Darlene Campbell, Columbia, KY |
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