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Childu: Compass:over the Edge
Do you know what a 'compass rose' is? Follow this interactive animation to learn how to use a magnetic compass properly. Easy to understand; aimed for younger students.
US Mint
United States Mint: In Mr. Lincoln's Shoes [Pdf]
Using the study of President Abraham Lincoln as a guide, students demonstrate basic map skills including cardinal directions and how to use a compass rose.
Mariners' Museum and Park
Mariners' Museum: Age of Exploration: Tools of Navigation
Sailors improved on many of the tools used in navigation to help them in their long journeys across an ocean. On this site from the Mariners' Museum, find many of these tools, perhaps in use already in the 15th century, but made even...
Geographypods
Geographypods: Map Skills
A collection of highly engaging learning modules on various topics within mapping skills. Covers map symbols, how to use four- and six-figure grid references, cardinal directions, distance, contour mapping, and drawing cross-sections....
ClassFlow
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...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Gateway to the West
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart students coordinate locations using a compass rose.
ClassFlow
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.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Lesson Plan: Map Trap
Lesson to reinforce maps skills and concepts. Students map locations around their school and use world maps to locate major landmarks.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Tea Store: Position on a Map
Help Gina locate items in the tea store using coordinates, a compass, and a ruler in this series of leveled exercises.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Geography Unit: Maps
This geography unit is designed to follow the 1st Grade geography skills required in Virginia. Students are expected to use cardinal directions, read map keys and understand map symbols, as well as identify our city and capital.