¡Calquemos un mapa!
Por, Laura Prieto Cortés, profesora de Sociales

Con los niños y niñas de segundo de primaria aprendimos sobre las formas de representación de la Tierra, como los croquis, planos y mapas, y los elementos que nos permiten orientarnos en los diferentes espacios. Para ello, construimos planos de nuestros cuartos y de nuestras casas, y seguimos orientaciones a partir del plano del colegio, utilizando los puntos cardinales y ubicando puntos de referencia. Una vez demostraron que podían orientarse, llegamos a una actividad que ellos deseaban realizar: calcar su propio mapa.
Esta actividad fue todo un éxito, primero, porque conocieron el papel mantequilla, sus usos y la forma correcta de colorear por el revés. Segundo, tuvieron la experiencia de calcar un mapa político de Colombia, titularlo, encontrar la rosa de los vientos y la escala, y diferenciar el cuadro de convenciones. A medida que iban trazando, descubrían ciudades que nunca habían escuchado mencionar y valoraron la importancia de la concentración, pues, si se distraían, perdían el sentido del trazo.
Al final, expusimos los mapas en los salones y los estudiantes los presentaron durante sus presentaciones de aprendizaje.
Let’s trace a map!
By, Laura Prieto Cortés, Social Studies teacher
With our third grade students, we learned about different ways of representing the Earth, such as sketches, floor plans, and maps, as well as the elements that help us find our way around different spaces. To put our learning into practice, we created floor plans of our bedrooms and homes and followed directions using the school map, applying the cardinal directions and identifying landmarks. Once the students demonstrated that they could navigate and orient themselves, we moved on to an activity they had been looking forward to: tracing their own maps!
The activity was a great success. First, the students discovered tracing paper, learned about its uses, and found out that, when using it to trace and color, the coloring should be done on the reverse side. Second, they had the opportunity to trace a political map of Colombia, add a title, identify the compass rose and the scale, and distinguish the map legend. As they traced, they discovered cities they had never heard of before and recognized the importance of concentration, since losing focus could cause them to lose track of their lines.
Finally, we displayed their maps in the classrooms, and the students proudly shared them during their learning presentations.




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