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The Silk Road Yesterday and Today: Map Assignment

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Assignment from virtual learning module in which students label a map of the Silk Road route with physical features, then take a virtual tour to research goods, artifacts and ideas traded along the way. Students also complete a graphic...
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World Facts US

World Facts: Geography of Belize

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes in detail the geology, physical features, natural resources, and climate of the Central American country of Belize. Includes a map.
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Topo Zone: Free Usgs Topo Maps for the Entire United States

For Students 9th - 10th
A huge collection of topographic maps for each of the US states. Scroll down to see a map of the United States and click on the state you are interested in. From there, you can search for a particular location, choose a featured map, or...
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Spotsylvania County Schools: Curriculum Maps

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site features an outline of how to implement the use of curriculum maps into a school district curriculum program.
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Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University: State Maps of Wisconsin

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory contains a wide variety of Wisconsin maps. Check out this informative site and learn more about the geographical features of this state.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Lab 2: What's a Watershed?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners build a physical model to simulate watershed features, then use Google Earth software to tie the model to a real place. By exploring several layers of map-based images and data, students learn the complexity of a watershed and...
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Climate Zone

Climate Zone: Climate of Haiti

For Students 9th - 10th
A valuable guide to climate information of Haiti as reported from the airports. Information includes average monthly temperature and rainfall. Some general facts and a map are also featured.
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Knight's Canadian Info Collection: Geographic Regions of Canada

For Students 3rd - 8th
Canada is divided into distinct regions, each with a very different landscape and climate. Geographic and ecozone maps as well as text information is included.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: World Atlas: Philippines

For Students 9th - 10th
This map of the Philippines from MapQuest is a clear map labeling the cities, islands, and physical features. There is also a chart of some quick facts about the country.
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Climate Zone

Climate of Panama

For Students 9th - 10th
Offers climate information for the Central American country of Panama. Broken down by average monthly temperature, rain days, and snow days. Also featured is a country map.
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Climate Zone

Climate of El Salvador

For Students 9th - 10th
A valuable guide to climate information in El Salvador broken down by stations. Information includes average monthly temperature and rainfall. Some general facts and a map are also featured.
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Climate Zone

Climate Zone: Climate of Jamaica

For Students 9th - 10th
A guide to information about the weather of Jamaica displayed in tables featuring average monthly temperature and rainfall. Some general facts and a map are also included.
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Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Political and Physical Africa, 1901

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1901 of the political and physical features of Africa. The map uses color-contouring to show highlands above 2000 feet in buff tints, lowlands in greens, and the submerged part of the continental plateau in light blue. The map...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Physical Asia, 1882

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1882 showing the physical features of Asia. This map is color-coded to show high lands in buff tints and low plains in green. Mountain systems, tablelands, and plains are shown, as well as major rivers, lakes, and coastal...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: South America (Physical), 1901

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1901 of South America showing the physical features of the region. This map is color-coded to show general elevations from sea level to over 6,500 feet, mountain systems, drainage divides, lakes, rivers, coastal features, and...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Asia (Physical), 1901

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: United States, 1901

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1901 of the United States showing the physical features of the area, including mountain systems and highlands, plateaus, basins, plains, lakes, rivers, and coastal features. The map is color-coded to show land elevations from...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Mexico, 1870

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1870 showing the physical features of Mexico, including mountain systems, plateaus, peninsulas, lakes, rivers, and coastal features. Major cities and ports are shown. A block equaling 1,000 square miles at the same map scale...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Panama Canal Zone, 1916

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1916 of the Panama Canal Zone showing the physical features of the area, including terrain and mountains, rivers, lakes, the continental divide, and coastal features. The map uses color-contouring to show elevations from sea...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The United States, 1899

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1899 of the United States showing the physical features of the area, including mountain systems and highlands, plateaus, basins, plains, lakes, rivers, and coastal features. This map also shows the six conventional state...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The United States, 1898

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1898 of the United States showing physical features of mountain systems and highlands, basins, plains, prairies, limits of the glacial terminal moraines, lakes, rivers, and coastal features. The highlands above 2000 feet are...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The United States, 1902

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1902 of the United States showing physical features of mountain systems and highlands, basins, plains, prairies, limits of the glacial terminal moraines, lakes, rivers, and coastal features. The highlands above 2000 feet are...
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Curated OER

Mountains, Plains, Rivers, Isothermal Lines of the United States, 1873

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1873 of the United States showing the physical features of mountain systems, plateaus, basins, plains, rivers, lakes, and coastal features, with elevations given for prominent peaks given in feet above sea level. The map is...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: South America (Physical), 1868

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1868 of South America showing the physical features of the region, vegetation types, ocean currents, temperatures, principal products and mineral deposits. Mountain chains are represented by lines of varying thickness, with...