Racing Around Arizona: Using an Arizona Map to Create a Bicycle Tour Route in Arizona

GeoSTEM
Legacy
Lesson Plan Content
Description: 
In this lesson, students will practice the basic uses of road maps: location of places, route finding and calculating distances to destinations. The students will also gain a greater appreciation for their personal location within the state of Arizona.
Author: 
Wayne Gorry
Grade Range: 
2-3
Duration: 
2 class periods
Lesson Materials
Teacher Instructions: 
application/pdf iconTeacher Instructions
Student Materials: 
application/pdf iconProposed Route for Tour de Arizona
application/pdf iconArizona Roads map
application/pdf iconStudent Worksheets, Assessments, and Answer Keys
video/quicktime iconMovie of Bike Race
image/jpeg iconStudent Example
Supplemental Files: 
application/pdf iconNorth Dakota Roads map
application/pdf iconCalifornia Roads map
application/pdf iconOklahoma Roads map
Standards
National Geography Standards: 
1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information