Normally we find things using landmark navigation. When you move to a new place, it may take you awhile to explore the new streets and buildings, but eventually you recognize enough landmarks and remember where they are in relation to each other. However, another accurate method for locating places and things is using grids and coordinates. In this activity, students will come up with their own system of a grid and coordinates for their classroom and understand why it is important to have one common method of map-making.

Concepts

engineering, navigation, stem

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Additional Tags

coordinates, grids, landmark navigation, teachengineering, map, map construction

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)