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World Map Graphic Organizer
World Map Graphic Organizer
World Map Graphic Organizer
World Map Notes:
Note: This is a graphic organizer so photos are shown and attached during initial input for comprehensibility.
Our world is a sphere. Show photo of a sphere. Say sphere (show kinesthetic motion for sphere making a round ball with
hands with clasped hands in front) Wiggle fingers. The world is three-dimensional. Show photo of earth. In order to draw the world
onto paper it will need to be two-dimensional. Show photo of world on paper. Draw a sphere on paper. Label the paper WORLD
MAP. All maps use a compass rose to orient direction. Show photo of compass rose. Draw rose and label N/E/S/W using mnemonic,
"Never Eat Soggy Waffles"
Our sphere, Earth, is made up of continental and oceanic crust. Say continental, say oceanic (write these) Read them with me.
More than 70% of our earth is ocean. Show world with hands again. Spread out. Our earth is also made of continental crust. We
have seven continents. Our earth is divided in half by an invisible line called the equator. Say equator. Equa means "same as". What
other words have equa in them? (equal, equation, equadistance). The earth has the "same as" amount of earth above the equator as it
does below the equator. Show Photo. Each half of the sphere (use hands again) is called a hemisphere. The Northern hemisphere is
north of the equator and the southern hemisphere is south of the equator. Hemi means half. Have class make spheres with hands and
illustrate in the air where the equator, and northern and southern hemisphere reside. Draw equator on map and label northern and
southern hemispheres.
We live on North America. Draw North America. This is in the northern hemisphere Show photo. North America is
connected to South America by an isthmus, we call Central America. Say it with me. An isthmus is a narrow strip of land connecting
two larger masses of land In this case North and South America. Say isthmus. Draw and Label Central and South America. Show
photo. Read it with me.
10:2 Think about 2 new things you have learned. Heads Together.
To the east of the North America is the continent of Europe and Asia. Say it with me. Draw and show photo. Read it with me.
South of Europe and Asia is Africa. Say it with me. Read it with me. Draw and show photo. (Point out that Africa is comprised
of 54 countries! A common misconception is that Africa is one country) To the south east we have the only continent that is its
own country. Australia. Show photo. Say it with me. Draw and label. Read it with me.
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Our last continent is at the southern most part of our sphere (use hands). It is Antarctica. Say Antarctica. Antarctica literally means,
NOT the Arctic. Draw and label. Read it with me. For comparison, Antarctica is twice the size of Australia. 98% of this continent
is covered by an ice sheet. Show photo.
5:1 Review the 7 continents. Heads Together.
Our world is also made of oceanic crust. Say oceanic crust. There are 5 oceans. Your parents only learned there were 4 oceans when
they were in school. Some may be surprised to hear you say that there are 5 of them.
Put hands together to show sphere again and have kids follow with their hands as well. Wiggle fingers that are clasped. This is the
Pacific Ocean. Look what happens when the sphere is flattened to transfer onto paper as a two-dimensional shape. (Hands are
separated as is the Pacific Ocean on a typical world map.) Label Pacific Ocean on map in the two places. Show photo. Have kids do
movement again.
To the east of our country and the continent we reside on is the Atlantic Ocean. Say Atlantic. Show photo. Label. Read with me.
To the north we have the Arctic. Say Arctic. It is on the opposite side of the world as Antarctica (Remember that Antarctica means
not the Arctic). This cold ocean is only partially covered by ice year round. Show photo. Label. Read with me.
To the south of Asia we have the Indian Ocean. The Indian Ocean is the warmest ocean on our planet. Show photo. Say Indian Ocean.
Draw it. Read it with me.
Now, the last of the five oceans. The newest named ocean. The Southern Ocean. Show photo. Say it with me. Where might the
Southern Ocean be? You are right.....in the Southern Hemisphere! Label. The International Hydrographic Organization defined this
as an ocean in 2001. Label. Read with me.
5:1 Review the 5 oceans.
Puget Sound Inset
Often on a map, a cartographer or map maker will want to showcase one part of a map to enlarge. We call this an inset. Say inset.
Draw a box around the Puget Sound Region. We will enlarge this part of our world map. This is the Puget Sound Region. Say Puget
Sound Region. Label inset Puget Sound Region. Read with me.
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Draw Outline of region. This Puget Sound region is also known as the Puget Sound Lowlands as it is sandwiched between the
Olympic Mountains to the west and the Cascade Mountain Range to the east. Show photo
Puget Sound is a large salt water estuary, or system of many estuaries, fed by highly seasonal freshwater from the Olympic and
Cascade mountain watersheds. Puget Sound is connected to the Strait of Juan de Fuca to the north at Admiralty Inlet, between Point
Partridge on Whidbey Island and Point Wilson on the Olympic Peninsula. A second connection is Deception Pass, between West
Point on Whidbey Island and Rosario Head on Fidalgo Island Show Photo
The region is made up of King County, Kitsap County, Pierce County, and Snohomish County, which collectively encompass 6,290
square miles and comprise 73 cities and towns. The five major cities are Seattle, Bellevue in King County, Tacoma in Pierce County,
Everett in Snohomish County, and Bremerton in Kitsap County. Show photo
We live in Kitsap County. Say Kitsap County. Label Kitsap County. Read with me. Show photo. Kitsap County was named after
Chief Kitsap of the Suquamish tribe. Kitsap County is bordered in the south at Olalla, west by Seabeck and north by Hansville. Show
photo
We will be going to Buck Lake to explore ecosystems. Buck Lake is a part of the Hansville Greenway. It is int the northern town of
Hansville in North Kitsap (point to compass rose). Say Hansville Greenway. Label on inset. Read. Show photo.
Hansville Greenway has many habitats: An estuary, pond, lake, forest and meadow.