See also:  Mapping tools

This is taken from the Sourcebook for Teaching Science - Chapter 21.

Make certain to take photos of both maps and post them to the online photoalbum site following the instructions below. 

Thomas Edison received 1093 United States patents for his various inventions, including the electric light bulb, motion picture, and phonograph[i].  Although he is remembered for these inventions, his greatest contribution to science and technology was the development of the independent research laboratory.  Edison had extensive laboratories in New Jersey where he hired the best chemists, physicists, machinists, and inventors he could find.  Edison was successful in the laboratory because he worked collaboratively with others who shared his vision.  Edison was excellent at communicating his ideas to those on his research teams, and as a result, they were able to combine their talents and efforts to solve many real-world problems.  If you walk into modern research laboratories you will likely find blackboards, whiteboards, computer screens, and paper, filled with diagrams and pictures representing the topics being researched.  Researchers use these media to communicate difficult concepts to one another.   If “a picture is worth a thousand words,”  then a good diagram or map is worth ten thousand!  Diagrams and maps represent relationships and allow researchers to communicate more easily with one another.  The following map-making activities are designed to help students follow and deliver clear instructions.

Link to map instructions

• • Take photos of your maps using your smart phone

  • Upload photos of your maps from smart phone.

• Your students can upload files to a collaborative online resource such as:

  • Google Classroom

  • Dropbox

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• 21.1

• 21.2