Lessons from the Bay : Project Action Guide : Part 5: Toolkit

Mapping the Schoolyard
 

 
 


A good way to teach mapping skills is to have students draw a map of their schoolyard. The map(s) that they draw may become a useful starting tool in a local watershed project.

Goals

  • To explain the importance of map use to watershed projects
     
  • To draw the major features of the schoolyard and describe observations of the schoolyard

Materials

  • Paper
     
  • Markers
     
  • Pencils
     
  • Compass
     
  • Clipboards

 
Next: Directions

Mapping the Schoolyard” includes:
 · Directions
 · Resources for Mapping Local Terrain

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