How to Make a School Map (for a Class Project)

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Do you need to do a project at school, and you have to map all of your own school to do it or do part of it? It seems hard, but with a lot of planning and focusing, it can be very easy drawing out the places of your school!

Part 1
Part 1 of 3:

Planning Your Map

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    Walking around your school and leaving notes of where things are, or even drawing a rough draft can really help.
    • If you attend a large school and can't do it all in one day, take multiple days to go around your whole school.
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    While going around your school, make sure you don't miss anything. You can do this by going over the whole building again, or just by checking a blueprint of your school and seeing if you missed anything. If you missed some parts, add it to your map!
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    If you decide to do a rough draft before the final, then don't spend a ton of time on the rough draft. Just sketch it and spend the time to get the fine details in on the final draft.
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Part 2
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Starting the Final Draft

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    You really should use your rough draft as a tool to check your work and see if everything's correct.
    • Don't make your map an edited version of your rough draft. Start over on a new page, so that it's clean and clear.
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    Before everything else, you should draw the big parts first. For example, drawing the different grade wings of the school might be a good first step.
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    After the big things, you should draw less important sections, such as school offices, staff lounges, the lobby, and special-use rooms.
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    When you have the two previous steps done, you should then draw the least important parts of your school such as stairwells, bathrooms, and other sections.
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    Adding detail is an important part of making a map. Now you should draw the doors if you haven't already, draw windows, create labels, and draw any other small things.
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    Make sure everything is in it's correct spot, and go over everything a few times on your map. Your rough draft should roughly line up with every on this final draft.
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    As you can probably tell, this is a very important step and thing to do. See if everything is in the right spot, see if the labels are correct (if you did any), make sure the sizes of rooms make sense, etc.
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Finishing and Personalizing

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    If you want to, feel free to color the background and color certain rooms in. Just let your creativity run wild!
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    Add a key if you want to and add little symbols meaning things. You can also make it color coded or just keep it plain.
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    You can add a little description for about three or four rooms on your map, and it can be for ones that wouldn't have an obvious purpose to the average person.
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    You should add a title of the school it's supposed to represent so people can know. You can write who it's by under it.
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