SMART Technologies
Smart: Geography Unit: Maps
This geography unit is designed to follow the 1st Grade geography skills required in Virginia. Students are expected to use cardinal directions, read map keys and understand map symbols, as well as identify our city and capital.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Come With Me to the Islands
Young scholars will explore several islands by watching a multimedia presentation prepared by the teacher on islands and how they were formed. Students will then use globes and maps to find various islands using cardinal directions given...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Operation to Exploration
Learners will use solve mathematical expressions using the order of operations to find artifacts of American History. Students will complete order of operation problems, which will help them explore and solve the route to their final...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Locating Points on the Cartesian Graph
In this interactive, students use clues and logic to plot the location of aquatic animals on a Cartesian graph that represents the four cardinal directions. The three riddles in the interactive, including one that requires students to...
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Bus Station: Position on a Map
Help Jamal read maps, describe directions, and identify coordinates in this series of interactive exercises.
US Geological Survey
Usgs: Learning Directions on a Map (Lesson Plan)
This site provides a lesson plan in which students will learn to use north, south, east, and west to identify relative locations and provide directions.
National Geographic
National Geographic: Getting Lost
The National Geographic Society provides this lesson on cardinal directions for primary students that employs common classroom materials.
PurposeGames
Purpose Games: Cardinal Directions
Play this game to test your knowledge on cardinal and intermediate directions.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Maps Globe Skills
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart discusses landforms, mapping and the Compass Rose. Students can practice using Cardinal Directions and use Activotes.
University of South Florida
No Strings Attached: Cardinal Directions in the Classroom
If you have access to Kidspiration or a similar program you can use this lesson plan to help teach the cardinal directions. Incorporate digital photography as an expansion idea or create more expansions of your own.