Learning Where
Being Aware
Learning Where
Being Aware
Piece on Earth!
Kids love puzzles! This means PuzzleMap™ quickly engages students in exploring their local community, region, country and the world beyond. It's all about everything — the environment, the climate, animals, peoples, landforms, history, culture and other sites of interest. At the same time, students are also learning about maps, math, measurement and spatial relationships.
Each puzzle piece contains clues that help puzzle solvers learn more about a unique location within that piece. Clues for an unsolved piece just show an image with an intriguing teaser. When the piece is solved, its clues will zoom in to their locations and offer more text and linked content. These clues serve as a launching point for further investigation, discussion and learning opportunities.
Puzzlemap Explorer™ is a companion tool that enables users (e.g., students and teachers) to create their own puzzle clues. Authoring a new clue involves identifying an interesting place, locating it on a map, choosing a title (or "teaser"), writing a summary and then finding an appropriate image and one or more links to additional information.
Both tools encourage self-directed exploration and endless possibilities for customized learning and sharing. Please feel free to try any of our example puzzles yourself!
Thank you for your interest in geo-literacy and PuzzleMap™ and PuzzleMap Explorer™ as effective teaching tools. Please sign-up for email announcements about upcoming events of interest and to receive the occasional PuzzleMap™ newsletter. We may also reach out to you individually with relevant questions or to engage further on topics of mutual interest.
If you would like a demonstration of PuzzleMap at your school or if you would be willing to participate in a focus group on adapting PuzzleMap to the education market, please indicate that in the comments section. Thank you!
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