Read Works
Read Works: The Difference Between Maps and Globes
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares the difference between maps and globes. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
City University of New York
Virtual Geology: Maps Home Page: Topic and Quiz Menus
This collection of resources cover map topics and includes quizzes for improving map and globe usage skills.
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Mariners' Museum and Park
Mariners' Museum: Education: Create a Globe [Pdf]
Simple instructions on how to make a globe using a pattern provided, scissors, glue, and a balloon. PDF
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Maps Globe Skills
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart discusses landforms, mapping and the Compass Rose. Students can practice using Cardinal Directions and use Activotes.
Curated OER
1846 Globe
This online lesson plan shows students through primary sources how the borders of the U.S. changed in just a few years. They are asked to analyze maps and use map skills. All maps and worksheets are included as well as additional resources.
Curated OER
Google for Education: Children and Technology: Google Earth
A demo presentation using Google Earth to fly around the world, visiting notable visitor points around the globe.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Titanic's Lost Sister: Camera Overboard!
Learn about different diving equipment in order to determine which would be most useful in recovering a sunken object and exploring underwater. Find a location on a globe or map using latitude and longitude coordinates.
NASA
Space Math: Nasa Satellite "Sees" Carbon Dioxide [Pdf]
Using this map from NASA you can calculate the concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Solve the four problems and you will see how concentrations are spread across the globe and where there are regional differences.