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Routes Around Mariner's Reach

Use a seaside harbor grid, compass directions, a map scale, and a bar graph to locate places and measure routes.

Grade 3Social StudiesInteractive · Printable

Aligned toGEO.3.1

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 3
Subject: Social Studies
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

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What students practice

Students locate harbor places on a letter-and-number grid.
Students use cardinal and intermediate directions to describe locations and routes.
Students measure grid routes with a map scale and read related distance data.

How to use

Read the harbor description and study the bar graph together. Have students trace each route with a finger or ruler before answering.

Curriculum

C3 Framework standard covered

GEO.3.1

Use a map scale, a grid, and cardinal and intermediate directions to locate places and measure distance.

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Routes Around Mariner's Reach

Use a harbor grid, a scale, and a distance graph.

Read the harbor chart

Read the description of Mariner's Reach. Use the grid locations to answer the questions.

A Grid for Mariner's Reach

Mariner's Reach is a seaside harbor town spread along a wide bay. The harbor office made a grid chart to help visitors plan safe routes between the docks and town buildings. Letters mark the columns from west to east, and numbers mark the rows from north to south. On this chart, the top of the grid is north. Each move from one square to the next is one grid move. The map scale is 1 grid square = 2 miles.

The Lighthouse is at B2. The Harbor Office is at D2. The Boat Shed is at D5, where crews check small boats. The Tide Pool is at F4. The Market is at A5, and the Ferry Dock is at F1. A route may travel east, west, north, or south along grid lines. When a place is both across and down from another place, an intermediate direction such as southeast or northwest describes its location.

The harbor office also recorded the shortest routes from the Harbor Office to five places. The bar graph shows those distances in miles. These routes follow grid lines, so a student can count the horizontal and vertical moves and then use the scale to check the graph. Visitors use both tools: the grid gives a place to find, while the scale and graph help them compare how far places are.

What is the main reason the harbor office made the chart and graph?