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In this activity, students use an applet to navigate a ladybug through a maze. Students develop their sense of direction, distance, and turning by guiding the ladybug along open pathways to the goal without crossing any walls.
In this activity, students use an applet to navigate a ladybug through a maze. Students develop their sense of direction, distance, and turning by guiding the ladybug along open pathways to the goal without crossing any walls. (author/sw)
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computer
Internet connection
manipulatives
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| This technology integrated lesson provides an opportunity for the introduction or reinforcement of the following technology skills: |
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| Use interactive online applications to investigate mathematical concept |
online application
structured activity
website |
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| Mathematics Academic Content Standards |
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| Geometry and Spatial Sense Standard | |
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| Benchmarks (K - 2) |
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| F. | Describe location, using comparative (before, after), directional (above, below), and positional (first, last) words. |
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| Grade Level Indicators (Grade Prekindergarten) |
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| 5. | Demonstrate and begin to use the language of the relative position of objects in the environment and play situations (e.g., up, down, over, under, top, bottom, inside, outside, in front, behind, between, next to, right side up and upside down). |
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| Grade Level Indicators (Grade Kindergarten) |
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| 2. | Name and demonstrate the relative position of objects as follows:
a. place objects over, under, inside, outside, on, beside, between, above, below, on top of, upside-down, behind, in back of, in front of; and
b. describe placement of objects with terms such as on, inside, outside, above, below, over, under, beside, between, in front of, behind. |
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| Grade Level Indicators (Grade 1) |
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| 4. | Extend the use of location words to include distance (near, far, close to) and directional words (left, right). |
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| Principles and Standards for School Mathematics |
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| Geometry Standard | |
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| Specify locations and describe spatial relationships using coordinate geometry and other representational systems |
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| Expectations (Pre-K - 2) |
| describe, name, and interpret relative positions in space and apply ideas about relative position; |
| describe, name, and interpret direction and distance in navigating space and apply ideas about direction and distance; |
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| RESOURCE TYPE |
| Instructional Resource |
| PRACTICE LEVEL |
| Promising Practice |
| STANDARDS ALIGNMENT |
| Prekindergarten - Grade 2 |
| TOPICS |
Mathematics --
Geometry;
Spatial sense;
Technology |
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| KEYWORDS |
maze;
applet;
direction;
rotation |
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Author: Carol Wichkam-Midgett
Publisher: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
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