graphic aids research and information skills 3rd grade

Graphic AidsGraphic Aids

Research and Information Skills

3rd grade

Turn you book to page 352.Turn you book to page 352.

• Look at the diagram.• It is showing us what the Earth’s four layers

look like down under.• Diagrams are called a graphic aid.• Can you name some other graphic aids?

graphsgraphs chartscharts mapsmaps

Turn to page 360Turn to page 360

What kinds of things do these diagrams teach us about?

• How fold mountains are formedHow fold mountains are formed..

• How dome mountains are formedHow dome mountains are formed..

• How block mountains are formedHow block mountains are formed..

Look at the map on this page.Look at the map on this page.

• It shows me the tallest mountain in the world, Mount Everest and where it is located in the Himalayan Mountain range.

Reading Graphic AidsReading Graphic Aids

• What is the flow chart showing?

• What is the last step of how a tsunami forms?

• Find the country in the bar graph has the largest number of active volcanoes?

• Find country has the smallest number of active volcanoes?