In this agricultural products worksheet, 4th graders use the information on four maps of New York Agriculture to make a comprehensive map of all products and answer four questions.

Students compare two maps of the same area from different time periods. In this American History instructional activity, students look at two maps of the English colonies from 1636 and 1651. They discuss why the maps changed and predict...

Students explore how far a rainforest is from their home. In this rainforest lesson students examine how far they live away from the rainforest. Students use the length of their school day to compare how long it will take to travel to...

Young scholars investigate cartograms in order to explore the different countries on Earth. In this world geography lesson, students use the Internet to analyze data on different cartograms. Young scholars compare data, such as...

Sixth graders use the SQ3R reading strategy to learn about the behavior of light. In this behavior of light lesson, 6th graders read a selection about the behavior of light and use the strategy to complete the reading. Students make a...

Students use maps, scales, and describe locations in order to learn about spatial sense. In this spatial sense lesson plan, students participate in many activities for this spatial sense unit that should last throughout the year.

Students make inferences on how physical geography affected the development of early civilizations and come up with solutions to global issues. For this physical geography lesson plan, students compare maps of the past to maps of today...

Young scholars study maps and structures of Ancient Greece and realize how these structures impact times. In this structures lesson plan, students view the structures of how Ancient Greece was put together and discuss how these...

Students explore map distortion. In this geography lesson, students compare Mercator projection maps to globes in order to understand the strengths and weaknesses of projection maps.

Students draw an assigned map from memory about the United States or any other region they are studying. In this maps lesson plan, students draw a map from their memory at the beginning of the year, and do the same assignment at the end...

Middle schoolers identify the characteristics of deserts. In this geography lesson plan, students discuss the characteristics of a desert and label a map with the names of deserts.

Students explore the concept of cardinal directions. In this geography lesson, students identify the compass rose on a large U. S. map and then discuss the cardinal directions.

Students explore the concept of latitude. In this geography lesson, students discover the global grid system and complete a map activity which require them to record the latitude of various cities in the world.

In this geography words and maps worksheet, learners examine maps of North and South America. Students respond to 12 multiple choice questions regarding the maps.

In this North America outline map worksheet, students examine the political boundaries and identify the countries of North America.

Students explore the earth with maps and globes. In this map instructional activity, students use maps and globes to locate oceans and continents.

Students explore the concept of relative location. In this map lesson, students read I Hate English by Ellen Levine and consider how maps and globes help people to familiarize themselves with an area.

Learners locate major world mountain ranges. In this geography lesson, students identify major mountain ranges on 6 on of the 7 continents on a large world physical map.

Learners explore the United States using a map. In this map instructional activity, students discover how to use a United States map and a globe to locate places.

Pupils explore the United States using a map. In this map lesson, students discover how to use map symbols in order to read maps.

In this angles, bearings and maps worksheet, learners measure angles and classify, calculate the size of unknown angles, and complete related multiple choice and word problems.

First graders solve a mystery by following map clues. In this map clues lesson plan, 1st graders follow a computer program called Neighborhood Map Machine. In this program, it gives students directional and spatial clues in order to...

Students investigate the many uses and features of maps and globes and locate where they live on both. In this map activity, student play a travel game and create their own maps to explore states, continents, countries, and islands.

In labeling maps practice activity, students label the 11 landmarks in the city of Austin that are highlighted on the provided map.