Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Map
A brief description of a map. There are also many links about related map topics, included on this MathWorld site.
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National Atlas of the United States
This National Atlas of the United States site gives maps and atlases online.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: The Mind Mapping Teaching Strategy
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides an efficient learning strategy. Explanataions are provided about how graphic organizers can serve as mind mapping tools.
EL Education
El Education: Sapling Rise a Micro Field Guide
Students create a field guide for a three foot by three foot plot of ground. Students name their plots, graph temperature, create an inventory and table to record observations, make illustrations, and write informational text based on...
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Places on the Planet: Latitude and Longitude
Learners learn how citizen scientists involved in the Geological Society of America's EarthCaching project use GPS technology and latitude and longitude coordinates to find special places on the Earth.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: We Are Part of a Larger Universe
[Free Registration/Login Required] The flipchart was made a culminating activity for a unit of study on mapping. It starts with a video on the sky, stars and then a brief look at the universe to earth with images then addresses are...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Gps and Mapping
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about how GPS works and how it is used in the world. There are key questions and links to websites for further research.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Introduction to Maps
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students are expected to: explain the purpose of a map; identify and use a compass rose; use a grid to locate objects on maps; and use a map key. Activities are hands-on with students manipulating...
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Dna From the Beginning: Mutations Are Changes in Genetic Information
This article explains how and why mutations are so important to genetics.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Definition of a Relation and a Function
Very basic definitions of mathematical relations and functions can be found here. The single example provided shows a relation which is not a function and explains what makes it so.
City University of New York
Choosing a Map Projection: In Search of a Good Map Projection
College-level geography tipsheet for developing an appropriate map projection.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Conformal Mapping
This site explains what conformal mapping is, gives alternative names used in reference of this transformation, uses pictured examples to emphasize the particulars of the definition, gives an if statement with regards to conforming...