Interactives: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Objectives

· Students will be able to use Google Maps to locate specific locations.

· Students will be able to identify what a screenshot is and use the Print Screen key on their keyboard.

I can decipher clues and conduct research to locate various locations in Google Maps. 

I can use keystrokes (CTRL+C, CTRL+V and Print Screen) to do specific tasks. 

METS

• • CI.2- Create a project using a variety of applications and formats

  • CT.3-Gather data, examine patterns and apply information for decision making using available digital resources. 

  • RI.1-Use a variety of websites to locate information

  • RI.5- Employ data-collection technologies such as geographic mapping systems to analyze the results of a content-related problem. 

  • CI.1-Apply common software features to enhance communication with an audience. 

Directions

Click on the Google Maps Scavenger Hunt Document.

Open a new Google Doc document and title it Google Hunt. Use the Google Hunt worksheet as your clue sheet and solve each clue by finding each location using Google Maps. 

You may have to use Google first to figure out just what you are looking for and/or how to spell a location. **HELPFUL HINT** When searching for information in Google, type only the italicized words into the search box.**  You will then use the search function of Google Maps to find the specific location. Be sure you are in Satellite mode and zoom into each location to get a good view of it, if possible. Once you've found the location for each clue, press the print screen key on your keyboard. Go back to your Google Document, and paste each location screenshot as a thumbnail (using CTRL+V). 

 To move each image around in your Google Document, click on Wrap Text