URBAN MAP TAG - AN ELEMENTARY GEOGRAPHY GAME

Authors
Citation
Jm. Kirman, URBAN MAP TAG - AN ELEMENTARY GEOGRAPHY GAME, Journal of geography, 95(5), 1996, pp. 211-212
Citations number
1
Categorie Soggetti
Geografhy
Journal title
ISSN journal
00221341
Volume
95
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
211 - 212
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-1341(1996)95:5<211:UMT-AE>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
This is a game for the grade three and up elementary level. It is desi gned to review and reinforce elementary map and compass skills and hel p children to use maps to plot routes to specific locations in urban a reas. The game is based on a tag procedure and can be used with almost any large-scale street map. The game is appropriate for social studie s units on neighborhoods, communities, and cities and may be used for free time recreation.