TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Scaling the Map
Students learn how to determine map distances and areas using the map scale. They get a feel for how much an area represents on the map in relation to the size they are suggesting for their underground caverns to shelter the Alabraska...
Other
Centre for Topographic Information: Map Scale
This resource uses illustrations to demonstrate scale. Check out the links to the The National Topographic System of Canada and the Aerial Survey Data Base.
BBC
Bbc: Landscapes: Scotland: Map Skills: Scale
Lesson for elementary students on map skills uses a map of Scotland to teach about the concept of scale.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Scale Drawings
This lesson will provide students the opportunity to work with scale drawings as they create their own road trip to see how far they go using a map of the United States.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Algebra: Scale and Indirect Measurement Applications
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Use map scales and proportions to solve for unknown distances.
University of Oregon
University of Oregon: Interactive Nolli Map of Rome: 1748 Map of Rome
Interactive Nolli Map introduces students to Rome and the structure of its urban form based on the work of eighteenth-century Italian architect Giambattista Nolli. Using the map engine, navigate through the city at a variety of scales,...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Topo Map Mania!
Maps are designed to allow people to travel to a new location without a guide to show the way. They tell us information about areas to which we may or may not have ever been. There are many types of maps available for both recreational...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Homework Help Independent Practice: Scale Drawings
Get independent practice working with scale drawings. Each incorrect response gets a text box explanation and another try. Correct responses are confirmed.
University of California
World History for Us All: Getting Our Bearings: Maps of Time, Space, and History
Understanding history requires students to be able to see the big picture. This teaching unit introduces students to tools they can use to investigate history. Topics covered include cartography, chronography, and maps of space, time and...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Aiming for the Basketball Hall of Fame
In this video segment from TV 411, two Atlanta Hawks players plan a driving route to reach the Basketball Hall of Fame. They use map scales to estimate their travel distances.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Measurement: Scale Factor to Find Actual Dimensions
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Use scale factor to find actual dimensions from scale models, drawings or maps.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Measurement: Unit Scale to Find Actual Dimensions
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Use unit scale to find actual dimensions from scale models, drawings or maps.
National Association of Geoscience Teachers
Nagt: Bringing the Geologic Time Scale Down to Earth in the Students' Backyard
This activity is specifically designed for a field trip to Drayton Hall, which is a historic plantation near Charleston, South Carolina. It does provide a model of how a similar activity could be designed for a local area, and there are...
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.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mapping Your World
This activity serves as an introduction to mapping skills and the classroom. Students will create a map of the classroom, analyze and determine qualities that make a clear, concise map, then create a database of qualities they will use...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Assessing the Situation
In this activity, students will use the scale, the key, and longitude and latitude on a map to determine where they have crashed. They will then use the map scale to determine the distance to the nearest city and how long it will take...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Hurricane! Saving Lives With Reasoning & Computer Science
Students develop and apply the distance formula and an x-y coordinate plane on a hurricane tracking map, and then use a map scale to determine distance in miles. Then, using MATLAB computer science programming language, students help...
Curated OER
History Matters: Making Sense of Maps
Very detailed site from History Matters containing an explanation of how to read maps and understand them. An excellent resource for teachers. The site covers how to begin, how to use a scale, how to create a flat map for a round world,...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 7.g Map Distance
This lesson plan has students solve problems using scale drawings on a map.
National Association of Geoscience Teachers
Quaternary Glacio Fluvial History of the Upper Midwest Using Anaglyph Stereo Maps
Students examine the anaglyph stereo map and use textures to generate a surficial geology map of the Upper Midwest. They can then interpret the textures in terms of landforms, geomorphic features, and earth-surface processes, as well as...
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Scholastic
Scholastic: Hunting for States, Capitals, and National Parks! [Pdf]
Students can use a map of the United States to locate state capitals and national parks.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Asia (Physical), 1901
A map of Asia from 1901 showing the physical features of the region including mountain systems, plateaus, basins, plains, deserts, lakes, rivers, and coastal features and islands. The map shows major ocean currents, the mean annual...
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Getting Life in Proportion: Scale and Mapping
In this lesson learners will explore the use of pictures and maps to represent physical spaces. We will explore the concepts of scale and conversions between pictures, maps and real-world units. Conversions between kilometers and miles,...
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