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The Story within the Map

Find out as much as you can about Alberta, using the assigned mapping technique.


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Specific Outcomes

This critical challenge may address these outcomes:

Specific Outcome 4.1.1.1 - Students will appreciate the diversity of elements pertaining to geography, climate, geology and paleontology in Alberta (LPP)
Specific Outcome 4.1.2.1 - Where is Alberta located in relation to the other provinces and territories of Canada? (LPP)
Specific Outcome 4.1.2.2 - What are the major geographical and natural vegetation regions, landforms and bodies of water in Alberta (e.g., prairie region, forests, rivers, hoodoos, Rocky Mountains, oil sands)? (LPP)
Specific Outcome 4.1.2.4 - What are the significant natural resources in Alberta, and where are they located (e.g., mineral deposits, coal, natural gas and oil, forests)? (ER, LPP)
Specific Outcome 4.S.3.1 - Students will use the scale on maps of Alberta to determine the distance between places
Specific Outcome 4.S.3.2 - Students will construct graphs, tables, charts and maps to interpret information
Specific Outcome 4.S.3.4 - Students will use cardinal and intermediate directions to locate places on maps and globes
Specific Outcome 4.S.3.5 - Students will identify the location of sources of nonrenewable resources (e.g., fossil fuels, minerals)
C Citizenship
ER Economics and Resources
CC Culture and Community
I Identity
LPP The Land: Places and People
GC Global Connections
TCC Time, Continuity and Change
PADM Power, Authority, and Decision Making
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