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Enchanted Learning: Types of Maps Unit PlanEnchanted Learning: Types of Maps Unit Plan
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Enchanted Learning
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3rd - 8th
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1340L
Unit Plan

Enchanted Learning: Types of Maps

Curated by ACT

Enchanted Learning provides an easy-to-understand explanation of projections. Site also provides a graph of related terms such as conic projection, cylindrical projection, Mercator projection, and more.

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conic projection, cylindrical projection, latitude, longitude, mercator projection, meridian, mollweide projection, orthographic projection, planar projection, projection, enchanted learning, maps, projections

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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