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University of Connecticut: The Geographer's Craft: Map Projection Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
An advanced overview of map projections with illustrative graphics. Created by Peter H. Dana, Department of Geography, University of Texas at Austin in 1995.
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Rice University

Rice University: Cynthia Lanius: Mathematics of Cartography: Projections

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Understanding map projections is an important map-reading skill. Features graphics and links to examples of many different projections and an activity on making a Mercator projection.
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University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota: Immigration: Projecting Maps, Making Representations

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource compares four different world maps. The goals are to encourage critical thinking about maps as representations and to show how maps influence the ways in which one conceptualizes the world.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Using Weather Balloon Data to Map Atmospheric Temperature

For Students 9th - 10th
Snow-capped mountains make a picturesque scene, especially in summertime when the peaks are in such contrast to the warmth below. This project shows you a way to see how temperature changes with altitude using data collected twice daily...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Mapping Troposhperic Ozone Levels Over Time

For Students 9th - 10th
Ozone in the stratosphere protects the earth by absorbing harmful ultraviolet radiation from the sun. However, when ozone occurs in the troposphere, it is harmful to health. In this project you can use data from EPA monitoring stations...
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The Story of the Us Told in 141 Maps

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection of United States maps includes a year-by-year. Beginning from the Declaration of Independence and extending to present-day, students will learn explore and interact with these maps that change year-by-year.
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National Geographic

National Geographic: Mapping Landforms

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students will study landform maps of states and then create a project of their own.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Science Careers: Mapping Technician

For Students 9th - 10th
Mapping technicians, also called surveying technicians, as their name suggests, use many different tools to make maps of many kinds. This Science Buddies site lays out the requirements needed to become a mapping technician, as well as...
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Interactive Map: Manhattan in 1609: Dutch New York

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore Dutch New York through this historical interactive map and learn what wildlife, landscape, and people lived there in 1609 compared with today. Click on 'Interactives' for additional resources, e.g., a 1626 letter from Peter...
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Rice University

Galileo Project: The Galileo Project

For Students 9th - 10th
Rice University offers an impressive online project about Galileo Galilei, his life and work. Includes a glossary of terms, a timeline, maps, pictures, primary texts, family letters, and sketches.
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Habitat Network: Four Mapping Mistakes That Affect Data Quality

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the tips and tricks of successful habitat mapping for this citizen science project.
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Islam Project: Maps

For Students 9th - 10th
A series of historical and near-present-day maps that span Islamic history. Starting with A.D. 750, the maps illustrate both the spread of Islam (from Medina outward to Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and other parts of the world) and...
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Habitat Network: Map Your Community

For Students 9th - 10th
The Habitat network wants to show how mapping is a powerful way to connect you to your community.
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Habitat Network: How to Submit a Complete Map

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how to submit your local habitat map containing real data to an established citizen science project.
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Habitat Network: Planning Tool: Let Us Analyze Your Map So You Can Set Goals

For Students 9th - 10th
Habitat Network is encouraging citizen scientists to fill out characteristics for backyard sites. They will analyze individuals' maps and give credit for taking certain actions.
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Habitat Network: Adding Bird Sightings to Your Habitat Map

For Students 9th - 10th
By mapping a local habitat, people are providing the Cornell Lab of Ornithology citizen science program with invaluable habitat information in regards to bird diversity.
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University of Washington

Pacific Northwest Labor and Civil Rights Projects: Seattle General Strike

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive look at the Seattle General Strike, which began in February, 1919. Here you will find an explanation of why the strike began, an interactive map of the location of important events, oral histories, contemporary newspaper...
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Theban Mapping Project: Anatomy of a Ancient Egyptian Tomb

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed analysis of the various architectural elements found in ancient Egyptian tombs located in the "Valley of the Kings."
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Digital Mapping and Geographic Information Systems (Gis)

For Students 7th - 9th
Geographic information systems (GIS), once used predominantly by experts in cartography and computer programming, have become pervasive in everyday business and consumer use. This unit explores GIS in general as a technology about which...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: For Writer's Notebook: Heart Maps and Writing Topics

For Teachers 1st - 8th Standards
A heart map is a visual representation of a student's heart, displaying topics that "live" there; these topics are ones the student would show passion about and interest towards when writing about them. In writer's workshop students...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Land Surveying Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This project resulted from of the collaboration of a computer aided drafting teacher, Chris Bond, and a math teacher, Lee Cable, (Hewitt-Trussville High School) to provide higher math expectations in CT and real life application in...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Career Profile:cartographers and Photogrammetrists

For Students 9th - 10th
Cartographers and photogrammetrists--big words for careers in mapping, both 2-D and 3-D. Watch interviews with people who use their expertise in geographic information to help make policy decisions. This Science Buddies site lays out the...
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Hiroshima & Nagasaki 60 Years Later

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed background information and a collection of resources are provided to help one understand the history of the bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki. Material consists of original texts, eyewitness accounts, photographs, videos, and...
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Project Happy Child: Mind Mapping

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This British web site gives a basic overview, answers questions about mindmapping, and offers suggestions on this topic. Several books are recommended. Explore the links for more information.

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