Early Math  /  Spatial Thinking  /  Weeks 7 & 8: Lesson 7  /  Activity

Intro to AR Adventures: Map the Fair

 

Spatial Thinking
Digital

Introduce the Map the Fair game in the AR Adventures augmented reality app.

A man views a digital fair scene through an iPad as he plays the Gracie & Friends “AR Adventures” augmented reality app.

Demonstrate how locating fair rides in augmented reality can help to create a map of the fair.

 

Materials

An iPad screen of the “AR Adventures” augmented reality app showing the character Gracie holding a balloon and standing next to a robot.
  • AR Adventures app on the iPad (one iPad per child)

Preparation

  1. Make sure the iPads are charged and the AR Adventures app is installed.
  2. This app uses augmented reality (AR) technology that places characters and scenes onto a player’s real world. Play through the Map the Fair game on the AR Adventures app so that you are comfortable demonstrating it to children—especially the augmented reality parts of the game.
  3. Note: You’ll introduce the app and how to play during Circle Time or in small groups. Children will then play Map the Fair game during Learning Center time.
 

Directions

  1. Tell children they are going to play a game called AR Adventures. Select the Map the Fair game. Explain: In this game, we will help Gracie make a map of the entire fair! We will win stickers for the rides and then place them in the right spot on the map.
  2. Show the class the iPad and demonstrate how to play.
    • Notice the empty map. Gracie will invite children to make a map of the fair.
    • Show children how to find Gracie in their world by holding the iPad upright and slowly scanning a flat surface like the floor or a table top. Images of the fair and Gracie will then pop up on the screen.
    • Get a ticket. Follow Gracie’s directions to get a ticket by holding the sparkly circle on the ticket booth.
    • Find the ride. Follow Gracie’s directions to the correct ride. Hold the sparkly circle on the ride to pay the ticket and see the ride go! Then you will win a sticker.
    • Create the map. Drag the sticker of the ride to the correct location on the map based on where you saw the ride in the augmented reality fair. Use the location of Gracie or other rides or objects to determine where the new sticker goes. Demonstrate how to make the map (for example: When we looked at Gracie in the fair, we turned right to see the Ferris wheel. Now we’re looking at Gracie on the map. Where should the Ferris wheel go?)
  3. Finish by telling children that everyone will get a chance to play Map the Fair during Learning Center time.
Length of Play

10 min.

Group Size

Whole Class or Small Group

In the Schedule

Circle Time

 
Vocabulary
  • map
  • locate
  • location
  • next to
  • between
  • left
  • in front of
 
Learning Goals
  • Use spatial language to describe the location of an object or place
  • Follow directions using spatial language to find an object or place in relation to something else
  • Develop an initial idea that maps, diagrams, and models can be representations of real-world spaces
  • Use symbols to represent objects or locations on a map
  • Identify objects or locations from their symbols on a map or diagram