Gis Lesson Plan

Global Information System Assignment
I.Population Density and Human Impact
II.GIS, Concept Formation
a.5th grade classroom
III.Objectives
a.STATE GOAL 5:   Use the language arts to acquire, assess and communicate information.
i.A. Locate, organize, and use information from various sources to answer questions, solve problems and communicate ideas.
ii.5.A.2b: Organize and integrate information from a variety of sources.
iii.Students will be able to navigate the website, Globalis in order to locate the information needed to answer the questions on the worksheet.
b.STATE GOAL 1:   Read with understanding and fluency.
i.Apply reading strategies to improve understanding and fluency.
ii.1.B.2a: Establish purposes for reading; survey materials; ask questions; make predictions, connect, clarify and extend ideas.
iii.Students will be able to generate answers to a multitude of questions, which connect human population to human impact.
c.STATE GOAL 1:   Read with understanding and fluency.
i.Comprehend a broad range of reading materials.
ii.1.C.2c: Compare and contrast the content and organization of selections.
iii.Students will be able to compare and contrast the information provided by the map readings.
d. STATE GOAL 1:   Read with understanding and fluency.
i.Comprehend a broad range of reading materials.
ii.1.C.2f: Connect information presented in tables, maps and charts to printed or electronic text.
iii.Students will be able to connect the effects of human impact to human population based on the information presented on four maps.
e. NCSS Standard III.b: Create, interpret, use, and distinguish various representations of the earth, such as maps, globes, and photographs.
i.The students will be able to create three maps using the global information system, Globalis, distinguishing population density and human impact.
f.Illinois State Goal 17.A.2a: Use maps and other geographic representations and instruments to gather information about people, places,... [continues]

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