Fifth graders at Woodriver Elementary in Fairbanks learned geography skills Nov. 12 when UA Geography's Katie Kennedy visited with the Giant Map of North America.
The state's first tour of the Giant Map of North America is off to a great start, according to Katie Kennedy, education and outreach coordinator of the UA Geography Program. More than a dozen school gyms around Alaska will become geographic learning labs as Kennedy takes the map to selected locations.Children kick off their shoes and traverse the map, following Kennedy's instructions for geography games--all the while learning about population centers, longitude and latitude, physical features of the land, and much more. The map is part of UA Geography's involvement in Geography Awareness Week. Following is the map's itinerary for the coming weeks.
Giant Map of North America schedule:
Thursday, Nov. 12, Fairbanks, Woodriver Elementary
Friday Nov. 13, Fairbanks, Woodriver Elementary
Monday, Nov. 16, Fairbanks, Weller Elementary
Tuesday, Fairbanks, Two Rivers Elementary (Also there will be Family Geography Night with the giant map, a GIS activity, and a geography jeopardy game. The activities occur from 5:30 to 7 p.m. This is for Two Rivers students and their families.)
Thursday, Nov. 19, Eagle River, Ravenwood Elementary
Friday, Nov. 20, Eagle River, Homestead Elementary
Monday, Nov. 23, Anchorage, Chester Valley Elementary
Tuesday, Nov. 24, Anchorage, Ursa Major Elementary
Wednesday, Nov. 25, Eagle River, Fire Lake Elementary
Monday, Nov. 30, Juneau, Harborview Elementary
Tuesday, Dec. 1, Douglas, Gastineau Elementary
Wednesday, Dec. 2, Juneau, Mendenhall River Community School
Thursday, Dec. 3, Juneau, Floyd Dryden Middle School
Friday, Dec. 4, Juneau, Riverbend Elementary
Related post:
Geography knowledge spreads around Alaska, SNRAS Science & News, Nov. 9, 2009
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