The handouts will help them understand the role of grasslands in our food and fiber system. Divide students into groups of 2 or 3. Assign a group of counties to each group, so that the counties are divided evenly among the groups. The students can also look at precipitation data because grasslands are found in areas with a mean annual precipitation between 10 and 30 inches. Students can also look at Landcover to find grasslands.
Students locate and label cities in the assigned counties then print a layout of their county.
Each group will share their information with the rest of the class. The legend for Cities will appear. Click on the box to activate the Annual Precipitation theme. Click once on the Annual Precipitation theme to select it, then display its legend using the above procedure. Print a layout map of the county with a north arrow, a scale bar, and a legend.