Name________________ Partner’s Name_______________
Date____________ Due Date: October 12th
Imaginative Island Criteria Sheet
You and your partner will need to design an imaginative island map. Here is your chance for teamwork and imagination! This map is to be created using an interesting theme, and it must contain a variety of geographic features and locations which relate to a person, place or thing. A good reference to use would be our school atlases, your notes, or the internet. The final copy will be colored neatly and contain the required elements. Make sure spelling is correct. You and your partner will be graded on each of the required elements as well as overall visual appeal. This project is due Tuesday, October 12th. You will only have four class times to work on the project, so each time will need to be used wisely. If possible, it would be a great idea to meet with your partner sometime after school. You and your partner will share this project on Tuesday, October 12th or Wednesday, October 13th. Half of the class will present each day.
Required Elements
• Title (This should reflect your map theme).
• Latitude and longitude lines with clear labels (grid).
• Five labeled cities. One labeled capital city.
• Ocean is named.
• A scale that is clearly labeled.
• Compass Rose
• A legend, which include 6 or more symbols for the following features:* indicates a required feature:
bay cave *mountain *lake
*river stream railroad dam
inlet volcano airport
*peninsula bridge road
• Two or more regions from the following choices (The geographic features and regions should be named):
Swamp Mountains
Desert Plateau
Plains Grassland
Forest
Make a SMART choice when picking your partner. It would be great to work with a friend, but both of you will need to work together, and both of you will be presenting this project. The 4 class times that you will have to work on these are 9/28, 10/2, 10/5, & 10/9. It would be a good idea to exchange phone numbers with your partner. :0)
