Activity summary

Students will create some ‘treasure’ (a piece of information about themselves that no one knows) by writing this fact on a piece of paper and hiding it in the school somewhere. They will then create a map or a set of instructions for their partner to follow in order to uncover the treasure.

Learning intentions:

Students will...

understand how maps or instructions can be constructed and used in a familiar setting.

Success criteria:

Students can...

create and follow a map or set of instructions to find some treasure.

Activity guides and printables

Activity details

This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:

creativity
communication

Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content description:

Year 3 HASS:

Locate, collect and record information and data from a range of sources, including annotated timelines and maps (AC9HS3S02)

Year 4 HASS:

Locate, collect and record information and data from a range of sources, including annotated timelines and maps (AC9HS4S02)

Relevant parts of Year 3 HASS achievement standards: Students develop questions and locate, collect and record information and data from different sources.

Relevant parts of Year 4 HASS achievement standards: Students develop questions and locate, collect and record information and data from a range of sources and formats.

NSW Syllabus outcomes: GE1-3

General capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking, Numeracy, Personal and Social Capability

Map-making materials
Writing materials.

This is an original Cool+ lesson.

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium - supervise the map-making activity and oversee students finding their treasure.

We don’t have any related professional courses for this lesson at the moment, but we do have heaps of other Cool professional learning here.

Meaningful Moments: Treasure Map Game

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Learning intentions:

Students will...

Success criteria:

Students can...

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Activity Details

Skills

Curriculum Mapping

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