Texas TEKS 4.20

4.20 is a TEKS knowledge and skills statement. These are the student expectations under it.

• 4.20.A

  apply mapping elements, including grid systems, legends, symbols, scales, and compass roses, to create and interpret maps

• 4.20.B

  interpret geographic data, population distribution, and natural resources into a variety of formats such as graphs and maps.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students use grids, legends, symbols, scales, and compass roses to read and make maps. They turn population and resource data into graphs or maps and describe patterns.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Students can locate places by grid, follow directions, estimate distance with a scale, and explain map symbols. They can create an accurate graph or map from a data table and state a supported conclusion.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may reverse grid coordinates, ignore the legend, or treat map distance as actual distance. They may confuse total population with population distribution or make graphs with uneven scales.

04

How to Assess It

Give students a Texas map with a grid, scale, compass rose, resource symbols, and a three-region population table. Ask them to locate one resource, estimate one distance, graph the population data, and describe one pattern.

1. 01

   Tape a grid on the floor, place resource symbol cards in squares, and have partners follow coordinate and direction clues.

2. 02

   Show a population map and ask, "Where are people clustered, and what map evidence supports your answer?"

3. 03

   Run a map relay where teams draw cards requiring them to find coordinates, decode symbols, give directions, or measure distance.

4. 04

   Use a Texas energy map to choose a factory location, then justify the choice using resources, population, distance, and direction.

• 6.20

  The student uses geographic tools to collect, analyze, and interpret data

• 7.21

  The 7th Grade version of this standard.

• 5.24

  The 5th Grade version of this standard.

• K.13

  Social studies skills. The student applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired from a variety of valid sources, including technolo...