Mrs. Dingas, 3rd grade teacher at Maybeury, was looking for a different way to assess her students understanding of the location of the continents and oceans of the world.  We started with a blank Pixie document and the students had to create a world map.  They used the paint bucket to drop blue paint for the ocean on the background.  Next, they went into the stickers to the Maps folder to find pictures of the 7 continents.  They brought each continent over to their Pixie document, and used the text tool to label the continents and oceans.  They also went into the Map Icons folders to find a compass rose to add to their map.  Students who finished early used the voice recorder to name the 7 continents and 5 oceans.  You could even have students use the line tool to add an equator and Prime Meridian to their map.  The students saved their map to their student folder in their classroom so that their teacher could go back and see assess their work.  What a great way to see what your students know!

From World Map