$18
per classMap Design: Discover and Design Underground Structures (10-14 Years)
Completed by 9 learners
Ages 12-17
Live One-Time Class
Live video meetings
Meets once
4-9 learners per class
50 min
What's included
1 live meeting
50 mins in-class hoursClass Experience
US Grade 7 - 10
In this class we explore underground structures, such as mines, ancient tunnels and hidden cities, that were created in history and we discuss why they were built, and how they functioned. We look at specific features, such as water wells and traps, included in some underground structures and why they are useful. We examine different graphic options to represent depth and layers. Everyone will then design their own underground living structure which includes essential features such as air shafts, storage and emergency exits. We will draw and discuss visual solutions on how to best represent our ideas, for example through scale, colour coding or compass coordinates. This class provides an imaginative framework to explore the world around us and learn graphic ways of representing spatial ideas. Through the activity of drawing maps you learn to solve problems and present ideas and solutions graphically. You will pick up map reading skills but the focus is on exploring visual representations of a specific space. At the end of the class we will look at our work and share how our underground city functions.
Learning Goals
1. Learn about ancient underground cities.
2. Develop the imagination and learn graphic design communication skills.
3. Learn concepts of scale, measurement, and the frame of reference for maps.
Benefits of map making are:
- Topographical skills: Children are able to use directional labels such as north, south, east, and west
- Projective skills: Children are able to use their own position to determine a location and its relationship to other elements
- Euclidian skills: Children can accurately perceive spatial relationships such as those that are used on a paper map
Other Details
Supply List
Bring your favourite art supplies as well as at least one LARGE sheet of paper to draw on! A3 or you could use the back of a roll of wallpaper or even sturdy wrapping paper!
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Meet the teacher
Teacher expertise and credentials
I am a qualified schoolteacher and have taken many school classes to explore sites around London and then map them. I am also a trained artist and storyteller and bring geography and cultural studies alive through images and narratives. I have worked as a graphic web designer and taught visual communication to teenagers. Through the activity of making maps we will be activating the imagination and learning how to present ideas and solutions graphically.
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