Kids Love Maps!
There are opportunities at
every grade level to use map-making
as a flexible and fun educational tool to develop a wide range of
student skills. Map-making fosters holistic thinking, provides opportunities
for collaborative decision-making and builds links between schools
and community.
| The opportunity
for community collaboration on mapping projects engages a sense
of place and active citizenship within students. When framed
within a larger local and global sustainability context, community
mapping develops both a sense of local responsibility and
a sense of global citizenship.
Home becomes more than the immediate community; it extends to
the whole planet. |
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Map-making is taking off
in schools and more initiatives are on the way! Students have created
school yard, neighborhood, community and ecosystem maps and mapping
projects, including:
-Re-designing and greening
their school yards
-Creating historical walking
tours
-Mapping First Nations, Japanese
and and Chinese
histories of James Bay and downtown
-Identifying ecologically
sensitive areas and creating
habitat protection plans
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