Distance in Australia

Scaffold Steps / Grade Level Content Expectations/Major / Missing/cross curriculum
Learn position words
Measure rooms and make maps to scale / K-G1.0.2: Use environmental directions or positional words(up/down, in/out, above/below) to identify significant locations in the classroom / E.ES.01.32 Observe and collect data of weather conditions over a period of time.
1-G1.0.3: Use personal directions (left, right, front, back) to describe the relative location of significant places in the school environment
2-G1.0.2: Use maps to describe the spatial organization of the local community by applying concepts including relative location and using distance, direction, and scale
Measure distance on a globe / 4-G1.0.1: Identify questions geographers ask in examining the United States (e.g., Where is it? What is it like there? How is it connected to other places?) / Use scale to determine distances between countries/world cities/population densities
4-1.0.3: Identify and describe the characteristics and purposes (e.g., measure distance, determine relative location, classify a region) of a variety of geographic tools and technologies (e.g., globe, maps, satellite image).
Generalize about distance from equator to major desert regions on different continents / 6-G2.1.1: Describe the landform features and the climate of the region under study. (Also 7-G2.1.1) / E.ES.07.72: Describe how different weather occurs due to the constant motion of the atmosphere from the energy of the sun reaching surface of the Earth.
7-G1.2.1: Locate the major landforms, rivers and climate regions of the Eastern hemisphere
7-G1.3.2: Explain the locations and distributions of physical and human characteristics of Earth by using knowledge of spatial patterns.
7-G3.1.1: Construct and analyze climate graphs for two locations at different latitudes and elevations in the region to answer geographic questions and make predictions based on patterns. (Also 6-G3.1.1) / E.ES.07.74: Describe weather conditions associated with frontal boundaries (cold, warm, stationary, and occluded) and the movement of major air masses and the jet stream across North America using a weather map.
7-G3.2.1: Explain how and why ecosystems differ as a consequence of differences in latitude, elevation, and human activities. (Also 6-G3.2.1)
Compare costs and income for producing different things at different distances / 6-E3.1.1: Use charts and graphs to compare imports and exports of different countries and propose generalizations about patterns of economic interdependence.
7-E3.1.1: Explain the importance of trade (imports and exports) on national economies.
7-E3.1.2: Diagram or map the movement of a consumer product from where it is manufactured to where it is sold to demonstrate the flow of materials, labor, and capital (e.g., global supply chain) (Also 6-E3.1.2) / Distance, cost of transportation, current trade routes
(High School Economics)
3.2.1: Use the concepts of absolute and comparative advantage to explain why goods and services are produced in one nation or locale versus another.

Scaffolding Distance in Australia Michigan GLCEs and HSCEs