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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Geo Map App Learning Activities: Rules of Contouring
Using GeoMap software, students learn how to read topographic maps, and the rules for using contour lines on a map. Detailed teacher and student handouts are provided. (GeoMap software can be downloaded at: http://www.geomapapp.org/.)
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Topographic Map Activity
An activity to practice interpreting contours.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Where Are the Plastics Near Me? (Mapping the Data)
In a student-led and fairly independent fashion, data collected in the associated field trip activity are organized by student groups to create useful and informative Google Earth maps. Each team creates a map, uses that map to analyze...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Arthur: Around the Block Activities
Explore how people are alike and different in these ARTHUR activities. From interviewing classmates to establishing local pen pals to creating neighborhood maps, the activities will help children understand and appreciate what we share...
University of Manchester
Children's University of Manchester: Word Literacy: World Languages Map
Click the continents on this animated map to learn facts about some of the languages spoken in the world.
Microsoft
Microsoft: Map Reading in the 21st Century
Students learn how to make informed use of new digital mapping information and tools. Learners create hands-on learning experiences for understanding the relevance of maps. The lesson plan consists of student activities, resources,...
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
Hhs: Physical Activity Fundamental to Preventing Disease
Here, read statistics from the US Department of Health and Human Services concerning exercise and its key role in preventing chronic illness and premature death. Use these findings from medical studies in which diseases were studied in...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Activity: The Voyage of the Beagle
In this activity, you'll learn how to interpret images and maps in order to extract information about Darwin's trip to the Galapagos Islands. Links provided for a gallery of images and a worksheet.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Christmas Island: How Do We Describe the Weather?
Join Tim on Christmas Island to understand how to gauge weather conditions. Learn all about tracking weather, finding clothing suitable for various weather conditions, which animal likes a certain type of weather, and activities for...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Fresh Pick Challenge: Pantry Search
Put children in charge of building a pantry that Corporal Cup would be proud of. This activity will help them use direction, distance, and location, visualize placement and positioning, and describe relative positions, such as "next to,"...
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Activities on Japan
This collection of K-3 activities about Japan includes an English/Japanese Picture Dictionary, the colors in Japanese, a Zoom School feature on Japan, Japanese origami, Japanese artists, maps, coloring pages, and more.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Lost in Greasy World
Children use spatial skills to put together a map that has been broken up into pieces. This activity will help them understand spatial sense and practice using a map.
Other
Mapping Your Future: Career Ship
Career Ship is an on-line career exploration adventure geared towards middle school students. Your mission is to fuel the Career Ship and learn about possible careers.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: 50 States Part 2 Lesson Plan
In this lesson, young scholars combine psychomotor skills and geography as they travel from Montana to Wyoming. As students travel from state to state, they learn regional facts and state capitals. Young scholars perform physical tasks...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: 50 States Part 1 Lesson Plan
For this lesson, students travel virtually to 25 different states from Alabama to Missouri. While on their journey students explore geography, learn state capitals and interesting facts along the way. Movements are unique and incorporate...
Other
Pbs Teachers: A Place of Our Own: Habitat Map
This three-dimensional map activity helps children share about themselves and talk about who they are and where they come from. Good basis for learning about maps, similarities and differences, respect and acceptance of diversity and...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Earth's Systems: Map It
Explore different types of maps and how different things are represented on maps in this media gallery from WGBH. Maps are used to help locate different places and different things. Map symbols are representations of larger things in the...
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Music, Dance Performance: Chance & Data
Nadir and his family play in a band. Can you help him get all the instruments together? In these activities, students will write data using symbols, use one object to represent one item, create a column graph, and determine whether...
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Soccer Stadium: Fractions and Area
Students will complete interactive activities to explore fractions and area.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Singing Angels: Multiplications and Patterns
Use these interactive activities to explore multiplication and patterns.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Singing Angels: Symmetry
Use these interactive activities to explore symmetry.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Street Orchestra: Decimals
Students complete interactive activities to explore decimal problems.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Singing Angels: Measurement: Volume and Speed
Students will complete interactive activities to explore measurement of length, volume, capacity, time, and averages.