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Grade Range
4th - 8th
Rating
3 Stars

Students gently spin the globe and then stop the globe with their index finger. The location at the tip of the index finger (country or body of water) is noted and a question card is selected. Full Review »

Grade Range
2nd
Rating
4 Stars

Students draw and color a picture of a globe and identify a globe as a sphere, recognize it as a model of the earth, and locate water and land on the globe. Full Review »

Grade Range
2nd - 3rd
Rating
3 Stars

Students examine two- and three-dimensional shapes, and discuss map skills and attributes. They plan and create their own school campus maps using pre-cut building site shapes. Full Review »

Grade Range
1st
Rating
3 Stars

Students participate in the map-making process. They explore how to read different types of globes and maps. Full Review »

Grade Range
Kindergarten - 2nd
Rating
3 Stars

Students practice map skills by comparing variety of maps, reading map symbols and keys, creating simple maps, and demonstrating specific knowledge of their community, state, country, and world. Full Review »

Grade Range
2nd
Rating
4 Stars

Students use map skills to identify map elements, cardinal directions and identifying locations. They locate the seven continents and seven oceans on maps and globes. They research a continent and design a slide for a presentation using the information. Full Review »

Grade Range
2nd - 5th
Rating
3 Stars

Students identify oceans and continents and their locations on a map. They color-code and label their own map of the world's continents and oceans. They play the game Continents and Oceans to identify specific areas. Full Review »

Grade Range
1st
Rating
4 Stars

Students complete a unit on map skills and the globe. They label maps, create a styrofoam ball globe, create a map of their community, sing a continent song, and complete a map and globe assessment worksheet. Full Review »

Grade Range
3rd
Rating
3 Stars

Students explore the cardinal and intermediate directions related to the compass rose on maps. They identify and label various parts of a map using the cardinal and intermediate directions, follow directions on a grid map to connect objects to one another, and write out directions to connect objects on a map. Full Review »

Grade Range
3rd
Rating
4 Stars

Students develop an understanding of maps. They explore what a map is, who uses maps, and how to use maps. Students investigate the compas rose. They create a compose rose which illustrates the cardinal directions. Students practice reading maps. Full Review »