Learning Directions on a Map

Students use a map to locate six specific landmarks on a course using a map. They identify how maps can help us and write a paragraph describing how to get from one landmark to another on the map.

Here is a well-designed, very thorough lesson plan on mapping for very young children. Within the six-page plan, you will find everything you need to implement the lesson. They will identify various landforms found in Colorado on a map,...

Second graders explore the various types of maps. They examine the differences between street maps and aerial photographs. Students identify various features on each map. They use cardinal directions and the compass rose. They write...

Before maps went mobile, people actually had to learn how to read maps. Pupils look at map elements in order to understand how to read them and locate specific locations. Finally, young cartographers discover how to make aerial maps.

Young geographers improve their map skills by practicing locating the cardinal directions on a map, identifying symbols on a map key, and describing where objects on the map are located relative to other locations.

A neighborhood map is a great way to practice with a compass rose! Use this simple map analysis instructional activity, which begins with a short introduction on cardinal and intermediate directions. A neighborhood map is used to answer...

Reading maps and globes is one thing, but reading a passage about maps and globes is another. Challenge your young cartographers to read and answer questions about different types of maps.

Students identify the four intermediate directions. In this map skills lesson, students use post-it notes to label the four intermediate directions on a map. Students locate various states using intermediate directions.

Second graders read book, Me On the Map, and create map of their bedroom and of their house.

Students locate specific places in the school on a map. They visit places in the school setting such as the principal's office, restrooms, lunch room and playground. They learn the rules and responsibilities within the school.