Part 1: Getting To Know

Things You Will Learn About - Names of Cities -Names of Rivers -Names of Lakes -Calculating Distance between cities. 1. a. Do you know where Alberta is? Yes ____ No ____

b. Draw a red line around the border of Alberta on the map on the previous page.

2. Look at the map of Canada on the previous page. Read the names of all the provinces and territories aloud. A border separates each province and territory. a. Do you know how many provinces and territories Canada has? Yes ____ No ____ b. How many provinces are there? ____ c. How many territories are there? ____

3. Without looking at the map, write the names of as many provinces as you can remember in the space below.

4. Without looking at the map, write the names of as many territories as you can remember in the space below. “So, you two, tell me everything you know about Alberta,” said Baba.

“Well, I know it’s the fourth largest province in Canada,” replied Alex.

“Yes, Alex, it is one of the larger provinces in Canada. What else?”

“I know that Alberta borders the United States to the south,” said Isabelle.

“That’s right, Isabelle, it does,” said Baba, looking impressed.

“Now, look at the map carefully and tell me what other areas share borders with Alberta.” orth Never Eat ast Soggy est Weiners outh 1. Find the provinces and territory that border Alberta. a. What province borders Alberta to the west? ______b. What province borders Alberta to the east? ______c. What territory borders Alberta to the north? ______d. What country borders Alberta to the south? ______e. Would you say Alberta is a northern province? Yes ____ No ____ f. Is it an eastern province? Yes ____ No ____ g. Is it a western province? Yes ____ No ____ h. Why is Alberta called a western province?

2. Find the legend on the map of Alberta. Now find the symbol that shows the capital of the province. What is the capital city of Alberta? ______

3. Write down three other things you will find on this map. ______Alex, see if you can find Lethbridge on the map.” “Here it is, Baba. And I see the flows right through it.” “Good for you for noticing that, Alex. There are quite a number of rivers and lakes in Alberta.”

On the map of Alberta, find these cities:

• • Fort McMurray • Calgary • Lethbridge

• Medicine Hat • Red Deer • Grande Prairie • Lloydminster

Now find these rivers and trace them with your finger.

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• North River •

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• • Milk River These are the largest lakes in Alberta. Find them on the map.

• Lesser • •

4. One of the large lakes borders another province. Which lake is it? Which province does it border?

______“Right,” affirmed Isabelle. “I’ll measure the distance between Lethbridge and in centimetres.” Isabelle carefully used her ruler to measure the distance between the two places. When she finished, she said, “It’s about 10¼ centimetres between the two. I’ll round it off to 10 to make it easier. And since 1 centimetre equals 100 kilometres, that means I will multiply 10 by 100.”

“Excellent Isabelle,” responded Baba. “So what is the distance?”

5. How far is it from Lethbridge to Fort Chipewyan? _____ kilometres 6. Using the scale on the map of Alberta and a ruler, calculate the distances in kilometres between the following cities. You can ask your teacher or home instructor to help you. Don’t forget to round the centimetres to the nearest whole number, just like Isabelle did.

a. Fort McMurray and Red Deer ______kilometres

b. Grande Prairie and Lloydminster ______kilometres

c. Medicine Hat and Red Deer ______kilometres

d. Lethbridge and Calgary ______kilometres