Students use maps to locate and label the major rivers of North and South America. Using the internet, they identify forests, grasslands, mountain ranges and other landforms on the continents as well. They compare and contrast the...

Students map local places and learn to use scale and distance.  For this mapping lesson, students map their school and a favorite place.  Students recreate their maps showing distance and scale sizes. Students locate their...

Sixth graders measure distances on a map using string and a ruler. They complete mathematical word problems about measurement.