Lesson plan

It’s A Long Way To Tipperary, But Just How Far?


GeoSTEM

Description

In this lesson, students will use a map scale to measure and calculate distance in order to gain a better appreciation of the size of our planet.

Duration

2 class periods

Author

Dennis
Rees

Standards

1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information

Teacher Instructions

ReesTipperaryT.pdf (115.05 KB)

Student Materials

ReesTipperaryS.pdf (151.22 KB)
s-america-caps.pdf (356.38 KB)
ce-europe-caps.pdf (448.97 KB)
ruler_projector.pdf (37.94 KB)

Materials To Assist Teachers and English Language Learners

Supplemental Files