My world and community
Map My Classroom
Draw a bird’s-eye map of your classroom with a key and a compass rose.
Thinking sheet · My world and community
Me on the Map
Zoom out from your street to your town, your country, your continent and the whole planet.
- Grades
- K–3
- Time
- about 20 minutes
- Kids practice
- geography, place and scale, nested ideas
What kids do
“Where in the world are you? Zoom out one step at a time!”
- Draw a star where you live
- My address in the universe
- Something special about where I live
How to run it
- Use a globe or map app to zoom out together.
- Younger kids can draw instead of writing each step.
- Display them on a big class map.
Talk about it
- What is bigger, a country or a continent?
- Who do you know who lives far away?
- What would an alien write on line 6?
Take it further
Add one more line: my galaxy!
Pairs well with
Free for home and classroom use. Print as many copies as you need.
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