What in Our World Affects the Way People Live

Celebrate the geography of the Americas and develop map skills through a series of activities focused on the Western Hemisphere. Learners study everything from earthquakes and volcanoes of the Americas and the relationship...

Work on your map skills with a packet of activities about the river basins in the Democratic Republic on Congo. Learners study the maps provided before answering the geography questions and writing an acrostic poem about the region.

Your young geographers will combine what they have learned about the five themes of geography and their inner creativity to design a physical map for an imaginary nation.

In this geography skills worksheet, students respond to 22 short answer and map skills questions about the location and geographic features of sub-Saharan Africa.

Amateur seismologists explore Earth's earthquakes in real time using a variety of map styles and parameter selections.

Several factors contribute to the population trends across the United States. This lesson will explore maps to discover and understand these trends.

Lesson on the physical features that create borders and boundaries. Small group and whole class activities, background information, worksheets and assessment.

This site provides activities and lesson plans for all age levels on mapping.

Lesson in which students use maps and text to explore physical and cultural boundaries and the disputes over control of them. Includes two activities with comprehensive and adaptable materials.

Students convert their physical models of a playground from a previous lesson into a map of the playground that includes a scale and key. They examine and discuss examples of maps, view an image to map photo essay, and create a map using...