OBJECTIVES:

• Students will locate their t-shirt place/name on maps
• Students will share facts/artifacts (souvenirs) from their place/name location orally with whole class.
• Students will measure distance from home to the respective locations.
• Students will calculate total distance traveled within the specified time period.
• Students will create a database using information gathered from the whole class.

GEOGRAPHY STANDARDS:

• Standard 1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process and report information from a spatial perspective.
• Standard 4: The physical and human characteristics of places.

GRADE LEVEL: Adaptable for Grades K-12

MATERIALS NEEDED:

• Teacher developed "passports"
• Camera/Film for "passport" pictures
• World Map/United States Map
• 1/4" colored stickers
• Rubber Stamps/Stickers
• Resources: Books, Atlas

TIME REQUIRED: Approximately 30 minutes per day for at least 5 days.

PRE-ACTIVITY:

1. Prior to the start of the activity, take close up photographs of each students in front of the world map. These pictures will be glued to their "passport."
2. Make a passport for each child. Passports can be designed using PRINT SHOP or other word processing programs. Current, Inc. also has preprinted student passports.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS (adaptable for each grade and ability level):

Students will "travel" by wearing place/name t-shirts to various locations in the world. (For example, student wearing a "Disney World" t-shirt will have traveled to Orlando, Florida). Students should be encouraged to wear a place/name t-shirt every day for the duration of the activity. (Students should not be given credit for "visiting" the same location more than once.)

Teacher will stamp in the student's passport each time the student wears a different place/name t-shirt, noting the location on the passport.

Student will then place a small sticker on the location on the appropriate map and compute the miles from home to the location. Student will also share about his/her location (how did he/she get the t-shirt, souvenirs, impressions of the location)

Students can then graph all data collected either by computer spreadsheet or manually.

• Number of miles traveled from home to location
• Number of students visiting location
• Total number of miles traveled for student/class

Incentives can be given to student who has "traveled" the farthest, the most miles, the most places, etc.

ASSESSMENTS:

• Student Participation: 90% student participation in lesson; oral presentation
• Student Products:
  
  • Completed Passport
  • Completed Student Data Table
  • Mileage
  • Location
• Student Knowledge:
  Student will develop map skills:
  • be able to find specific locations on maps
  • Mathematically compute mileage and convert inches to miles

EXTENSIONS:

• Use of Claris Works or Microscoft Excel software to graph data.
• Use of Internet to explore locations
• Passport application and process

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