Finding Your Way: Map Skills
An Internet Hotlist on Map Skills

created by Stephanie Moore
Villa Duchesne/Oak Hill School


Introduction
 In addition to using books and magazines to find out about Map Skills, why not also use the power of the Internet? The links below will get you started. Use this list to help you learn more about using map skills.


The Internet Resources
An Internet Field Trip with Maps - A mapping field trip complete with an online itinerary.
Cartography and Geography - A list of cartography and geography sites.
GeoNet - Click on any link to 'test' your knowledge about geography. You can use another search engine to locate the answers using a keyword search before you answer. Try using http://ajkids.com.
Geography Games - A great list of geography game sites and contests.
Geography on Enchanted Learning - A collection of geography pages, printouts, and activities for students.
How Can Any Point on the Earth be Easily Located? - A site to help identify landforms and locations, plot points and develop and use a scale on the map of an imaginary country.
Latitude and Longitude - A lesson plan for the system of latitude and longitude.
Lost at Sea: The Story of Longitude - The story of longitude; who found it?
Maps Homepage - A site to assist in teaching distance, direction, latitude, longitude, contour, plus quizzes.
Maps and Globes - Check out all the various concepts about maps and globes.
Maps and Globes II - A resource for learning about maps and globes.
ProTeacher: Map Skills - A plethora of sites useful for teaching geography.
The Difference between Latitude and Longitude - An interactive lesson discussing the difference between longitude and latitude.
The Place for Maps - A site with online maps of the world, countries, political, topographical, map skills topics, map games, quizzes, etc.
What Are Maps? - A site for discussing the purpose of maps and what they represent.
Working With Maps - The United States Geological Survey provides map skills' lessons for grades K-3, 5-8, and 9-12.
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Last revised Wed Feb 21 8:45:16 US/Pacific 2007