Two-Week Takeover Lesson Plan - Aerial Maps

Subject: Social Studies Topic: Aerial Maps Lesson Date:

Goals/Objectives SWBAT analyze Google Maps of Philadelphia, West Philadelphia and

Penn Alexander school IOT identify important community structures.
SW analyze structures surrounding school
SW identify important features of PAS outdoor space

Standards (and Cross Cutting Concepts:

Assessment Anchors, - Scale, proportion and quantity
if applicable) - Structure and function
- Stability and change

Disciplinary Core Idea:

ESS3C: Human Impacts on Earth Spaces

Practices:
- Asking Questions and Defining Problems

Materials and Technology

preparation - Smartboard
- iPads/computers (13 total for groups)
- Aerial Map Exploration Sheet - city of Philadelphia, Spruce
Hill Neighborhood, and Penn Alexander School Grounds
- Pencil
- Anchor Chart (duplicate of City of Philadelphia and Spruce
Hill Exploration Sheet)
- Sentence strip with: aerial map

Classroom - Aerial Photographs Science Page given as morning Journal -

arrangement and will answer questions about Prospect Park in Philadelphia
management issues from Garden Mosaics Book -- provide foundation of what and
“Aerial photo” is and how to read the map
 - Students will complete the first portion of the lesson on the
rug in front of the Smartboard - whole class
- Will separate into ELA/SS Partner pairs to work on
iPads/computers on the Penn Alexander School grounds
sheet

Plan: Hook:
1. The “hook” - Show slide of a picture of the aerial view of Clark Park from
2. The body Google Maps - ask: this is a picture of Clark Park, take a
3. Closure (if moment to look at it, can anyone tell me where the
appropriate) playground is? Where the entrance closest to the chess
tables is?
- Call on students
- Does anyone know where I got this image?
- Today, we are going to explore using Google Maps, an
application from Google that allows us to see satellite images
of aerial maps.
- Like Ms. Bush mentioned, aerial maps are maps that are
taken from above to show the map of the land from a “birds
eye view”
- Satellite images allow for the image to look almost like a
picture rather than lines

The Body:
- Whole group looks at Philadelphia on Google Maps, answers
Google Maps worksheet questions as partners on carpet,
share in whole group
- Will walk through next steps as class, will complete PAS
grounds specific questions with partner pairs on
iPad/Computer, then will complete neighborhood questions.
- Can explore Google Maps in partnerships when completed
Closing:
- Whole group comes together - will share partnership
examples
- Exit Slip: What is an aerial map and what can you use them
for?
Assessment of - Aerial maps journal in the morning - will assess
goals/objectives understanding of the function of an aerial map
listed above: - Observation sheet - will assess depth of understanding and
the theme provided

Anticipating students’ - Not using iPad appropriately -- make sure to model proper
responses and your iPad use prior to students using them in partnership
possible responses: - One partner doing all the work/not sharing the iPad
- Partners will “switch” who is using the iPad after each
question - i.e. partner 1 will navigate on google maps
for question 1, partner 2 will navigate on google maps
for question 2 -- each will get practice using the iPad,
both will answer questions

Accommodations: Extension: Additional Questions about the neighborhood for

students to identify
● Explain the idea of “scale” - see if students are able to
identify how many feet Penn Alexander is
 Student Teacher Reflection Form

Name: Date:

1. As I reflect on the lesson, to what extent were students productively engaged?

2. Did the students learn what I intended? Were my instructional goals met? How do
I know and when will I know?

3. Did I alter my goals or instructional plan as I taught the lesson? Why?

4. If I had the opportunity to teach this lesson again to the same group of students,
would I do it differently? Why?
5. Comment on different aspects of your instructional delivery (e.g., activities,
grouping of students, materials, and resources). To what extent were they effective?

6. Consider your planning and execution of the lesson in light of the goal areas you
set with the domains and components. Determine evidence, if any, for each of these
three components, and what the evidence demonstrates about your level of performance.