The Junior Land Stewards create sound maps as a strategy for slowing down and tuning into the place they are in- broadening beyond their initial visual observations to incorporate the sounds around them. Students must find a spot to sit or stand still for 5 or more minutes. Next they log the sounds around themselves with symbols, colors, and/or words. Sound mapping encourages students to slow down and pay close attention to the detail around them, while connecting them with a better sense of the wider place.