This is a lesson for 4th/5th graders that starts off a research and comparative writing project. In this project students will research a state and national park in the PNW and then compare and contrast them in a creative essay. The map allows students to explore several state parks and national parks all at once in order to get an idea of which ones they may want to research.Below are instructions for the students to follow:
Take a look at this map! What do you notice?
You may notice that the Map marks locations with two different symbols. The locations marked with the tree symbol are all State Parks. The locations marked with the mountain symbol are all National Parks. Do a quick write in your writers notebook: what do you know about state parks? what do you know about national parks.
You are going to be researching a State and a National Park in the PNW and writing a creative essay comparing and contrasting them.
Today your task is to:
1.Explore the map (look at the pictures for each location!)
2.Choose one State Park and one National Park from the map that you are interested in writing about.
3.Using your laptop, research the parks that you chose and find 5 interesting facts about each of them.
4.Record the 5 facts in your writers notebook. Make sure to include your sources!
Sources:
Map: Proxi
Featured image: Image by Art Bromage from Pixabay
Ella,
Great idea for a mapping lesson. Great idea to use the state and federal parks a writing prompts. So many great parks in the PNW!
Your embed of the Proxi map didn’t work. If you want to send me a link to the map, I can fix that for you. Or I can show you when I see you in class next week.