2011+Theme+Community+Mapping

= Geography Awareness Week = = Nov. 13-19, 2011 = = = =The Adventure in Your Community!= =[|National Geography Awareness Week]= =This year's GA Week Theme of community geography will inspire exploration and adventure in backyards and communities around the country. National Geographic and the UK-based Geography Collective have designed a series of community based missions which can be undertaken by a class group, small teams, families, or individuals, and once completed accrue points towards earning Explorer badges.= =See what this year's theme is all about! Check out the document below:=



=To access the online toolkit- click on the National Geography Awareness Week link above and click on the GA Week Toolkit.=

Example Mission: 2.6 Smelly Vision Make a map of smells instead of sights in your neighborhood and think of a key to describe them: nice smells, sweet smells, etc. Where are there most smells? Where do these smells come from? How might these smells be different during different times of day or during different seasons?

Tips: Try closing your eyes and blocking your ears to do this mission. But be warned you will need help from a from a friend so that you don't walk in front of a car or fall down a well.

Geography Maps can represent any kind of data spatially, not just buildings or things. See if you can notice maps in your local newspaper or around town that show information other than how to get from one place to another. With help from an adult, explore maps on Internet. Different people and animals use some senses more than others. Can you think of any animals that depend on their sense of smell more than any other sense? Some people rely on their sense of smell for their living. Can you think of who?

Warnings Avoid getting too near to the smellier smells and remember to wash your nose when you've finished making the map. If you are blindfolded make sure you have a friendly friend with you to avoid unnecessary pain and who can make notes about where you smelled and where.

Geography Standards 1, 4

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