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Fabulous! Fast! Fun!

Fabulous! Fast! Fun!. P l a y g r o u n d M a p s. By DeAnn Sullivan Rotary Club of West Wichita. Fabulous Community Service. Paint a map of the United States on an Elementary School Playground. Fabulous Community Service. Teaching aid Social Studies, Math,

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Fabulous! Fast! Fun!

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  1. Fabulous!Fast! Fun! PlaygroundMaps By DeAnn Sullivan Rotary Club of West Wichita

  2. Fabulous Community Service Paint a map of the United States on an Elementary School Playground

  3. Fabulous Community Service Teaching aid Social Studies, Math, Geography, Science CD of teaching ideas Neighborhood Families Fun

  4. Fabulous Community Service • Mark longitude and latitude lines. • Mark time change boundaries. • Mark state capitals. • Label interstate highways. • Label major rivers. • Color code rivers to show which flow into each other. • Label famous places, such as Mount Rushmore, the Grand Canyon, and battlefields. • Label National Park sites. (And if there’s one near you, take a field trip!) • Label historical boundaries, such as the original 13 colonies, states that signed the Constitution, areas of the Louisiana Purchase, gold rush areas, northern states, southern states. • Mark the dates on which each state entered the Union. • Trace the migrations of North America’s earliest settlers. • Label sites of major Indian cultures. • Mark the number of U.S. senators and representatives for each state. • Label each state’s electoral votes. • Create a distance scale. • Calculate the number of miles from your city to places students would like to visit. • Trace the jet stream. • Label rainfall and temperatures on a daily or weekly basis for selected cities. • Trace bird migration patterns.

  5. Fabulous Public Relations On the Map Itself

  6. Fabulous Public Relations In the Press

  7. Fabulous Membership Recruitment – Working with Others Who Else? Potential Members School Admin Other Rotary Clubs Interact Parents Other Service Clubs Teachers

  8. Fabulous Membership Johnson Retention = Involvement West Wichita Sublette Ulysses

  9. Fast1. Lay out the stencil.

  10. Fast2. Spray the dots.

  11. Fast3. Outline the states.

  12. Fast4. Color in the states.

  13. Fast5. Touch up the details.

  14. Fast6. Stand back and admire.

  15. Fun

  16. Funfor all ages

  17. Turnkey Project! Partnership with Rotary Club of West Wichita All materials and supplies provided You provide Labor Clean surface Access to water

  18. Playground Maps • $250 total cost • 10-12 volunteers • Takes 3-4 hours • On asphalt or concrete • 40 ft (E-W) x 30 ft (N-S) • Call DeAnn Sullivan (316-841-0652) Interact Club helps West Wichita hold the stencil down – windy day! Ulysses Rotary Club colors in the states using 5 bright colors Johnson City and Interact Club outline the states Newton Rotary Club provided a stencil for the Rotary logo Sublette Rotary Club “gets down” to painting the map Beautiful finished product and proud volunteers West Wichita Interact Club touches up at Lawrence Elementary

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