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Unit Plan
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Types of Maps

For Students 3rd - 8th
Enchanted Learning provides an easy-to-understand explanation of projections. Site also provides a graph of related terms such as conic projection, cylindrical projection, Mercator projection, and more.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Map a Buddy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This activity serves to introduce the concept of tracking and spatial movements of animals in relation to the environment in which they live. The following activity will aid student understanding of animal tracking and how technology...
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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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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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Activity
Mariners' Museum and Park

Mariners' Museum: Resources: Age of Exploration

For Students 9th - 10th
Scroll to the bottom of this page to access activity resources and lesson plans that encourage students to explore an understand the practicalities and difficulties involved in sailing to new places during the Age of Exploration.
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Graphic
University of Hawai'i

The Hawai`i Space Grant Consortium: Lunar Images

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of the Exploring Planets in the Classroom series, this site provides images of the Moon, with Latitude and Longitude reference lines.
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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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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: State Your Position

For Teachers 6th - 9th
To navigate, you must know roughly where you stand relative to your designation, so you can head in the right direction. In locations where landmarks are not available to help navigate (in deserts, on seas), objects in the sky are the...
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Air Pollution in the Pacific Northwest

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to measuring and identifying sources of air pollution, as well as how environmental engineers try to control and limit the amount of air pollution. In Part 1, students are introduced to nitrogen dioxide as an air...
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Primary
US Census Bureau

U.s. Census Bureau: Gazetteer Files

For Students 9th - 10th
The U.S. Gazetteer Files provide a listing of all geographic areas for selected geographic area types. The files include geographic identifier codes, names, area measurements, and representative latitude and longitude coordinates. There...
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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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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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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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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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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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