The website I have found this week is a site based out of Saskatoon (even if it is not Regina, we may end up teaching there and this is a great resource for Saskatchewan). There are 3 lessons that have to do with reading maps and working with grids. It is important to note that the website is interactive so little direction from a teacher is needed, the student can simply go onto the site themselves and work through the activities. You can find the website here.
This website can be connected to the Grade 6 Social Studies Curriculum and the topic of Location. Students will be able to find particular points on a grid, understand Northern and Southern hemispheres, the equator, the prime meridian, etc.
This site will improve students' learning and assist them by relating content to Saskatchewan. Instead of the teacher reading out what the points on a grid mean or what the definition of equator is, the students get a chance to go online and find out by themselves by participating in various activities.
How I would use this website in a classroom would be to get the students to complete the grid activity and to keep in mind a specific fact about a place that they find interesting or did not know beforehand. I would like them to present this fact to the other students and see if they can guess in which area of the grid it was found.
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