Objectives:• Make observations to create a map to

represent an area.

Do Now:• What is a map?

Map the School Today’s Date

Investigation 1 Where Am I?

Part 1 – Map the School

Part 2 – Community and Neighborhood

Part 3 – The View from Space

Part 1 – Map the School

• Planetary system It is a star and all of the planets, moons, and other objects and materials that orbit that star.

Part 1 – Map the School

• Frame of reference

• What is a map?

The assemblage of objects, distances, and directions that is used to establish the location of something.

A map is a representation of an area.

Part 1 – Map the School

New Vocabulary• bird’s eye view• frame of reference• map• planetary system• point of view

Part 1 – Map the School

• Draw a map of the classroom What would

make a good map?

Part 1 – Map the School

• Draw a map of the school.

• Let’s go make field observations.– Absolute silence in

the hallway– Writing/recording

materials– Stay with partner at

all times– Stay within my

sight

What would make a good map?

Part 1 – Map the School

• What is your location on the map?

• Point of view– bird’s eye view

• It is a fixed place or position in space

• Describes the position from which an observation is made