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Spinning Compass
Teacher's Guide
This lesson is part of a program designed to introduce fifth grade students to basic geography concepts and map skills. This lesson covers compass directions, a concept central to using maps in geographic instruction and real-life applications.
The Cardinal, Intercardinal, and Secondary Intercardinal points are illustrated and described. Degree measurements for these points are shown.
After completing the instructional program, the student will be able to successfully identify the Cardinal, Intercardinal, and Secondary Intercardinal compass directions verbally and by symbol, and give the numeric degree equivalent of each individual direction.
A quiz provides content review and student feedback. Results of the quiz are forwarded to the teacher by electronic mail, to be evaluated and integrated into the overall unit performance evaluation.
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Last update 24 February 2000

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