Map Making and Cardinal Directions

This week we talked about map making. We discussed how map making and diagramming are similar. One major difference is having the cardinal directions available. The students made a map of the baseball field. They labeled the north direction. On Thursday we actually drew a compass. We labeled the field and put directions into the instructions about where to run. We discussed the real life application of learning the directions such as where the sun rises and sets or if you were developing a field and the sun's influence on play. Some students have asked what the numbers are around the compass. We explained this in skateboarding terms of doing a 180 and a 360. We will explore the degrees more in the coming weeks.