ClassFlow
Class Flow: Finding Locations on a Grid
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will be able to use a letter/number grid system to determine location on a grid.
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Class Flow: Graph Way to School
[Free Registration/Login Required] Using the highlighter tool, students complete the chart indicating their means of transportation.
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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...
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Class Flow: Map Sense
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart reviews the basic components of maps: legend, scale, Compass rose and labels. Clips from United Streaming video are included to illustrate these concepts. Student assessment and a student...
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Class Flow: Map Skills Germany
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson map skills are reinforced by identifying physical features in Germany. Mountains, rivers, lakes, and land elevation are discussed. Political maps identify population and cities.
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Class Flow: Maps
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson three maps are displayed - Europe, the British Isles, and France. The British Isles map gives city names in French.
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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.
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Class Flow: Maps of the United States
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a collection of physical and political maps of the United States broken up by region.
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Class Flow: Map Tasia
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart allows students to explore 3 basic types of maps, physical, political, and historical. Characteristics of each are discussed and web links to additional examples are given. A short quiz...
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Class Flow: Middle East Map
[Free Registration/Login Required] Using interactive tools, students will discover the many regions of the Middle East using graphic maps and finally, rearrange the jigsaw pieces to recreate the full map.
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
Chad, Agriculture Sector
Different maps of Chad showing Livestock, Crops and Arable Land, Land Cover, Soil Degradation map, and more.
University of Texas at Austin
Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection: Finland Maps
This site provides several maps of Finland from various viewpoints. From the Perry-Castaneda Collection.
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas: Haiti: Relief Map
This relief map of Haiti from the Perry Castaneda collection shows its location on the island of Hispaniola. You can see the provinces, rivers, and the mountainous terrain.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: How Many Colors of States Are on a Us Map
Try this data collection and analysis math challenge on map coloring. An interesting approach to analyzing complex data. This one page activity is part of the NCTM Math Challenges for Families collection.
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Classroom Clipart
Thousands of free images in a wide variety of categories. Plus, there's an extensive lesson plan search for every subject area.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Geography for Kids: Zambia
On this webpage, students can learn about the Geography of Zambia. The history, capital, flag, climate, terrain, people, economy, and population.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Geography for Kids: Virgin Islands
Kids learn about the geography of the Virgin Islands on this site. Study the history, capital, flag, climate, terrain, people, economy, and population.
HotChalk
Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Edible Geography
Students learn directional geography and the physical geography of a state by making an edible map using different objects to display the different geographical landmarks.
Other
Artelino: Abraham Ortelius
Brief article that chronicles the life of Abraham Ortelius (1528-1598 CE).
SMART Technologies
Smart: World Map
This lesson features a world map with labeled countries, a global map, and an interactive map of the seven continents.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Final Project Map Skills
This lessons explores the different ways we can view our world along with the different parts of a map or globe.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Geography for Kids: Afghanistan
Kids learn about the Geography of Afghanistan on this site. The history, capital, flag, climate, terrain, people, economy, and population.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Geography for Kids: Venezuela
A site containing information about the Geography of Venezuela. Study the history, capital, flag, climate, terrain, people, economy, and population.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Geography for Kids: Middle East
Investigate the countries and geography of the Middle East. Study the flags, maps, facts, exports, natural resources, economy, populations, and languages of the Middle East.