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?