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Handout
NSTATE

The Geography of North Dakota

For Students 3rd - 8th
Here you will find a variety of facts about the geography of the state of North Dakota. Find out the geographic center, total area, elevations and much more.
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Handout
NSTATE

Net State: The Geography of Rhode Island

For Students 9th - 10th
Here at NetState you will find a variety of facts about the geography of the state of Rhode Island. Find out the geographic center, total area, elevations and much more.
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Handout
NSTATE

The Geography of South Carolina

For Students 3rd - 8th
Here you will find a variety of cool facts about the geography of the state of South Carolina. Find out the geographic center, total area, elevations and much more.
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Handout
NSTATE

The Geography of South Dakota

For Students 3rd - 8th
Here you will find a variety of facts about the geography of the state of South Dakota. Find out the geographic center, total area, elevations and much more.
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Handout
NSTATE

The Geography of West Virginia

For Students 3rd - 8th
Here you will find a variety of cool facts about the geography of the state of West Virginia. Find out the geographic center, total area, elevations and much more.
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Dance Performance: Position on a Map

For Students 5th - 6th
This interactive website allows students to practice their map skills including scale factors on a map.
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Graphic
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: World Atlas: Taiwan

For Students 9th - 10th
Grab quick facts about Taiwan (capital, total area, population, languages, literacy, religions, government, currency, industry, and more) while looking at a map, complete with cities, elevations, bodies of water, longitude, and latitude....
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Handout
Rice University

Rice University: Cynthia Lanius: Mathematics of Cartography: Coordinate System

For Students 9th - 10th
A coordinate system such as latitude/longitude is an example of absolute location. Links to Greenwich/Prime Meridian.
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Handout
Ducksters

Ducksters: Earth Science for Kids: Topography

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the Earth science subject of topography including features such as landforms, elevation, latitude, longitude, and topographical maps.
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Website
Fourmilab Switzerland

John Walker: Solar System Live

For Students 9th - 10th
This planetarium program allows you to create an accurate model of the solar system with icons or pictures of each planet. You can specify a date in the past or the future, change the viewpoint to any latitude/longitude, and even view in...
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History Teacher

Historyteacher.net: Global Studies: General Geography Concepts Quiz

For Students 3rd - 8th
Quiz yourself on basic geography concepts.
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Website
Fourmilab Switzerland

John Walker: View From Satellite

For Students 9th - 10th
View images of the Earth taken by various satellites that are orbiting the Earth.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Geographical Skills

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson students understand how physical processes (weathering, erosion, climates, soils, and landforms) shape earth's surface patterns and systems.
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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: What Time Is It In?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Can you figure this? If it is afternoon in San Francisco, California, what time is it in Cairo, Egypt? Explore positive and negative number values in this one page activity using time zones from different parts of the world.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: West Indies and Central America, 1872

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1872 of the West Indies and Central America. The map shows political boundaries at the time, capitals, major cities, and ports, railroads, main steamship routes, rivers, terrain and coastal features, and banks. The map shows...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Nevada, 1903

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1903 of Nevada showing counties and county seats, principal cities and towns, mountain ranges, and rivers. "Nevada, one of the most western of the States of the American Union, was formed from a portion of the territory...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Pre Colonial Africa, 1872

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Africa showing the continent prior to the Berlin Conference of 1885, when the most powerful countries in Europe at the time convened to make their territorial claims on Africa and establish their colonial borders at the start of...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Physical, Political, and Economic Asia, 1872

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Asia from 1872, showing physical features including mountain systems, deserts, lakes, rivers with direction of flow, coastal features, and ocean currents, political boundaries and foreign possessions at the time, and commercial...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Europe on a Conic Projection, 1915

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Europe on a simple conic projection showing straight meridians or lines of longitude, and concentric circular parallels or lines of latitude.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Mexico, 1872

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1872 of Mexico, showing states and state capitals, major cities, towns, and ports, railroads, lakes and rivers, mountain systems, terrain, and coastal features. Steamship routes to major ports are shown, with distances marked...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: United States Canal Zone Isthmus of Panama, 1912

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1912 of the United States Canal Zone in Panama. The map shows the location of the canal, the deepened approaches to the canal, and the locks. The map also shows mountain ranges, railroads, projected railroads, post offices,...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: British Isles, 1902

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the British Isles in 1902, showing Ireland, Scotland, England, and Wales. The map shows cities, towns, and ports, primary and secondary railways, canals, heads of navigation on major rivers, isotherms of averaged annual...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Degree Confluence Project

For Students 9th - 10th
This project makes it interesting to learn about degree confluence, latitude, longitude, and the geography of the world in general. Volunteers can visit the nearest confluence; or you might want to take a mysterious trip to find one that...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Degree Confluence Project

For Students 9th - 10th
This project makes it interesting to learn about degree confluence, latitude, longitude, and the geography of the world in general. Volunteers can visit the nearest confluence; or you might want to take a mysterious trip to find one that...

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