My island map project

The symbolic map was a project in which we had to create a country or place in which we would be able to represent ourselves and our likes. First we had to create a rough draft in which we had to...

We have recently wrapped up our summative watercolor project, called "identity maps". Students learned to express aspects of themselves using an imaginary map and paint as their vehicle. They created an island with 8 or more land or water features named for aspects of their identity. We began our unit by dyeing watercolor paper with tea to make it look old. Students then learned how to watercolor using 3 main watercolor washes (flat, gradual, and transitional). Details were achieved by using…

Barefoot island/ map and key anchor chart

Barefoot Island-Map Skills

Students can travel across the globe without leaving the classroom. Check out these fun geography lessons for any grade and curriculum.

Welcome to Landform Island! Do you teach landforms to your second or third grade students? It can be a dry subject to teach, but you can also spruce it up and make it really fun. Let me welcome you to LANDFORM ISLAND! Your students will love this idea and it will be extremely easy for […]

“I turned two cracks in the wall into an island map! #cartography”

#map #mapmaking #drawing

Imagine an island deep in the heart of the Sea of Daring, surrounded by sea creatures like none you've seen before, populated by monkeys and dotted with jungles and volcanoes. Now, imagine the stories this island could tell. The adventures it has seen. The pirates who have camped on its shores and buried their stolen loot under its sands. The ships that have slipped into its bay, sheltered but not comforting, dubbed Gaping Jaws Bay by one of those rogues. This is Strange Island, and its…

Nim's Island map with quote