Lesson plan
Riddle Me This: Using Maps to Locate Places in the Americas
GeoSTEM
Description
In this lesson, students will choose places on a political map of the United States for which they will create riddles. The riddles will incorporate clues using cardinal (north, south, east, west) and intermediate (i.e., northwest, southeast) directions as well as mileage using the scale of the map.Duration
1 class periodAuthor
Penney
Klaproth
Standards
1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report informationTeacher Instructions
klaprothRiddleT.pdf
(106.19 KB)
Student Materials
KlaprothRiddleS.pdf
(67.74 KB)
US-NAMES.pdf
(378.12 KB)
States_With_Capitals.pdf
(664.53 KB)
s-america-caps.pdf
(356.38 KB)