This lesson plan is for a kindergarten field trip to the Living Desert to teach geography and map-making skills. Students will label animals on a map with their geographic locations and practice giving directions to their favorite place using surroundings as references. The trip will take most of the school day, leaving after school starts and returning an hour before the end of the day. Students will create a black and white map before the trip to label during a guided tour, then color it after and write directions to their favorite location.

1. Lesson Plan
Title: A trip to the Wild
Subject: Geography
Author: Jessica
Grade Level: Kindergarten
Overview: This lesson will introduce students to creating maps and
describe the places animals by labeling each to their origin. It will
also introduce them to sense of direction by picking their favorite
place in the Living Desert and giving directions starting by the
entrance by using their surroundings to guide them.
Time Duration: It will take most of the school day they will leave half
an hour after school starts and leave the Living Desert an hour before
school is out.
Materials:
• Clipboard
• Paper
• Hand drawn map
• Pencil
Objective: Student will

2. • Be able to identify the animals geographic location on their map
and label it
• They will be able to explain direction by using their
surroundings (such as passing the ice cream cart turn left/west)
• Be able to identify north, south, west and east on their map
Lesson: Before the trip each student will be provided with a black
and white map of the living desert. They will be explained that hen my
hand goes up during our tour it will mean that the tour guide just
provided us with information about the animal. When we arrive there,
each student will make sure to listen and watch for the hand signal to
get the correct information need to label their map. After arriving to
the school they will be able to color their map. The following day the
students will than write directions to their favorite pace in the living
desert.