🎯 I Can Statement

I can understand and use map scales to measure distances.

Success Criteria:

✓ I can identify a map scale
✓ I can use a map scale to find real distances
✓ I can compare distances on a map

📚 Part 1: Understanding Map Scale

1. What does a map scale show us?

How big the map is

How distances on the map relate to real distances

What colors to use on the map

2. If a map scale says "1 inch = 10 miles," what does this mean?

The map is 10 miles long

Every inch on the map equals 10 real miles

The map shows 10 different places

3. Look at this map scale: 1 inch = 5 miles. If two cities are 2 inches apart on the map, how far apart are they in real life?

2 miles

5 miles

10 miles

4. Which map scale would show MORE detail of a small area?

1 inch = 1 mile

1 inch = 100 miles

✏️ Part 2: Practice with Map Scale

5. A map scale shows: 1 inch = 20 miles

If the distance between two towns on the map is 3 inches, the real distance is ________ miles.

6. Fill in the blank:

Map scales help us understand the _____________ between places in the real world.

7. Draw a simple map scale that shows 1 inch = 50 miles. Use the box below:

8. Explain in one sentence why map scales are important:

🌟 Extension Activity (Advanced Learners)

Challenge: A map of Texas uses the scale 1 inch = 75 miles. If El Paso to Houston measures 6 inches on the map, what is the actual distance? Show your work:

Map Scale Basics

Map Scale Basics

🎯 I Can Statement

Success Criteria:

📚 Part 1: Understanding Map Scale

✏️ Part 2: Practice with Map Scale

🌟 Extension Activity (Advanced Learners)

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