Geographic Alliance of Iowa

Putting Iowa in its place

Found Treasure Mural

This lesson plan was created by Jessi Vickers (Bunger Middle School, Waterloo CSD) for students in 6th-8th grade. In this lesson plan, students will demonstrate how to use GPS and compasses correctly to find various hidden "treasures" and then work together as a class to create a multimedia mural with their found treasures.

Discipline/Subject

Physical Geography

Art

Theme

GIS/GPS/Remote Sensing

Cultural/Social

Region

None specified

Five Themes of Geography

Location

Place

National Geographic Standards

1. How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective

2. How to use mental maps to organize information about people places, and environments in a spatial context

Iowa Core Social Studies Standards

GE 1. Understand the use of geographic tools to locate and analyze information about people, places, and environments