Earth Systems Connections: Maps and More-Search and Rescue
Using maps of a forested area in Black Hills of South Dakota, students are asked to help field ecologists locate an injured crow named Kangi. Through this lesson students are introduced to the concepts of axes, coordinates, ordered pairs, and the origin. Students also learn about mapped landmarks of cultural importance to the Lakota Sioux tribe.

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Quilt: Mathematics Grades: 3-5: O1 O3