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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Bus Station: Position on a Map

For Students 3rd - 5th
Help Jamal read maps, describe directions, and identify coordinates in this series of interactive exercises.
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Graphic
BBC

Bbc: Landscapes: Map Skills: Symbols and Keys

For Students 1st - 4th
A guide for young learners to understand reading maps and their keys.
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Graphic
BBC

Bbc: Landscapes: Map Skills: Grid References

For Students 2nd - 5th
Young map readers will learn the idea of referring to the grid numbers to help find locations or to describe locations on a map.
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Unit Plan
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: City Map Reading Activity #1

For Students 3rd - 5th
Using a diagram of a labeled map, students follow the directions given to find a certain location.
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Interactive
New York Times

New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: Latitude & Longitude

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Here is an interactive & printable crossword puzzle developed by the New York Times Learning Network. The theme of this puzzle is Latitude & Longitude.
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Handout
National Geographic

National Geographic: Getting Lost

For Students 3rd - 5th
The National Geographic Society provides this lesson on cardinal directions for primary students that employs common classroom materials.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: North American Regions

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains a labeling activity and Activote questions pertaining to the North American regions.
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Activity
Scholastic

Scholastic: Hunting for States, Capitals, and National Parks! [Pdf]

For Students 2nd - 3rd
Students can use a map of the United States to locate state capitals and national parks.
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Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: Final Project Map Skills

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This lessons explores the different ways we can view our world along with the different parts of a map or globe.
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Lesson Plan
HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Find Captain Hook's Treasure

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Lesson that helps students understand maps, map directions, and map symbols. Students use teacher-created maps to locate numbered keys on the playground.