BBC
Bbc: Landscapes: Map Skills: Symbols and Keys
A guide for young learners to understand reading maps and their keys.
PBS
Pbs Wisconsin Education: Into the Map
In this learning module, students will explore the world of geography by creating and analyzing maps.
Middle East Policy Council
Mepc: Teach Mideast: Comparing Maps of the Middle East
A lesson plan to explore the Middle East region via maps and classroom discussion to better understand the Middle East. An Internet connection is needed to utilize the links provided.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Tortoise and Hare Races
In this lesson students use the fable "The Tortoise and the Hare" while learning basic mapping skills.
Other
Georgia Tech Research Institute: Chronicling America: Us News Map
A fascinating way to look at history, this interactive map lets you search for a person, event, issue, etc. over a specified time frame and it maps newspapers containing related content onto a map of the United States. An additional...
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: City Map Reading Activity #1
Using a diagram of a labeled map, students follow the directions given to find a certain location.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Map Animal Habitats
In this Plum Landing activity, students will write or draw descriptions of where animals live in their neighborhoods. Students can publish their descriptions online.
Other
Native Americans Grade 2 Unit of Study: Southeast Woodlands
A very brief, but appropriate for lower elementary students, look at Indians of the Southeast Woodlands. Find a map, a description of the climate and topography, transportation, shelter, and food.
National Archives (UK)
National Archives: Education: What Was Chertsey Like in the Middle Ages?
Lesson, drawing on maps from the collections of the National Archives, asks students what knowledge they can gain about life in the Middle Ages from studying a map of medieval Chertsey. They then compare the medieval map with another of...
NASA
Nasa: Hurricanes
Learn about hurricanes and how they are created. Features include video animation, the histories of the most devastating hurricanes and topics such as hurricane naming and hurricane study.
Read Works
Read Works: This Is North America
[Free Registration/Login Required] Intended to support early elementary students' reading comprehension, geographical information about North American is provided in this informational text. Questions that assess multiple reading skills...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Double Bubble the Presidents
Students will complete a double bubble thinking map by sorting facts that go with Washington, Lincoln or both. Also included in this plan is an art project, worksheets, and video of the lesson in action. Great activity to use after...
Other
Letter People Geography
Mr. X of the Letter People has disappeared in one of the 50 U.S. States. You must use your U.S. geography skills to help track him down.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Inca Temple: Three Digit Numbers
On this interactive website students practice various math skills using a real life scenario in a classroom. Those skills include identifying three-digit numbers, putting numbers in ascending and descending order, and rounding numbers to...
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Inca Temple: Numbers to 9999
On this interactive website students practice various math skills using a real life scenario at the pyramids. Those skills include reading 4-digit numbers, understanding place value, and recording the place value of digits in a 4-digit...
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Igloo: Days of the Week
On this interactive website, student practice various math skills using a real life scenario at an igloo. Those skills include naming the days of the week and identifying the differences between weekdays and weekends.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Greece: What Are Pushes and Pulls?
Nikos is cleaning up and organizing in his family's theater. He finds out that different movements need different motions; sometimes a push, and sometimes a pull. Help him figure out which force to use.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Great Barrier Reef: Subtraction
Lana lives near the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Help her count the animals in and around the reef.
Other
Creighton University: Sumerian Literature: Epic of Gilgamesh
Has a map, overview, and questions on The Epic of Gilgamesh. Especially useful for students studying for a test on the epic.
City University of New York
Earth and Environmental Sciences: Treasure Hunt
Looking for enrichment? Here's an online treasure hunt requiring skill with directions, distance, contour maps, latitude, and longitude. Also supplementing the activity are interactive quizzes on latitude, longitude, and other related...
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