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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Compass Skills Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 6th - 8th
During this instructional activity students take a reading with a compass and use the compass to reach multiple checkpoints. Students also demonstrate their knowledge by locating specific coordinates that spell out a phrase.
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Other

Map Zone: Compasses and Directions

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Sharpen map skills by exploring these map pages. Learn about the compass rose, different norths, and how to use a compass.
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Read Works

Read Works: Electric and Magnetic Forces and the Modern Day Compass

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about how a compass works using electromagnetic force. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Other

Geoscience Australia: Map Reading Guide: How to Use Topographic Maps [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A topographic map can be challenging to read. This guide explains how to decipher one and how to use a magnetic compass to orient yourself to the landscape. It also explains how to use GPS coordinates.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Let's Learn

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This collection of resources for children ages 3-8 are drawn from the public television series Let's Learn, a partnership between the WNET Group and the New York City Department of Education. Let's Learn aims to provide our young...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Maps Globe Skills

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart discusses landforms, mapping and the Compass Rose. Students can practice using Cardinal Directions and use Activotes.
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US Mint

United States Mint: In Mr. Lincoln's Shoes [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
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.
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SMART Technologies

Smart: Final Project Map Skills

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This lessons explores the different ways we can view our world along with the different parts of a map or globe.
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SMART Technologies

Smart: Geography Unit: Maps

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
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.
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Pamela Seed

The Art and Science of Fifteenth Century Navigation: Latitude

For Students 9th - 10th
Chronicle of the changes that occurred in various areas when latitude was identified in 1516. Site includes links to the changes in maps, compass roses, and the science of sailing.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Hunting for States, Capitals, and National Parks! [Pdf]

For Students 2nd - 3rd
Students can use a map of the United States to locate state capitals and national parks.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Visualizing Magnetic Field Lines

For Teachers 10th - 12th
In this activity, students take the age old concept of etch-a-sketch a step further. Using iron filings, students begin visualizing magnetic field lines. To do so, students use a compass to read the direction of the magnet's magnetic...
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Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Mid Segment of a Triangle

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Three resources to help you plan instruction on the mid-segment of a triangle: a lesson with definition, properties, and examples of a mid-segment of a triangle; a seven-question quiz through which students can practice working with...

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