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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Introduction to Maps

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students are expected to: explain the purpose of a map; identify and use a compass rose; use a grid to locate objects on maps; and use a map key. Activities are hands-on with students manipulating...
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Mariners' Museum and Park

Mariners' Museum: Age of Exploration: Tools of Navigation

For Students 9th - 10th
Sailors improved on many of the tools used in navigation to help them in their long journeys across an ocean. On this site from the Mariners' Museum, find many of these tools, perhaps in use already in the 15th century, but made even...
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Geographypods

Geographypods: Map Skills

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
A collection of highly engaging learning modules on various topics within mapping skills. Covers map symbols, how to use four- and six-figure grid references, cardinal directions, distance, contour mapping, and drawing cross-sections....