The "Backpack Science" series of nine courses are designed to help elementary educators around Montana utilize the environment in an integrating context for teaching inquiry-based science content that is correlated to Montana standards. Each course focuses on one science topic, and includes background content, hands-on activities, and embedded questions. This course focuses on mapping. 

Created by Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Faculty from the Montana University System.

"I enjoyed doing the exercises as assigned and could see using similar exercises students in grades 5-8 or expanding these activities for specific units for Middle School sciences." —Retired Montana teacher