Map Skills - The World (eBook)

Map Skills - The World (eBook)
Author: R. Scott House
Publisher: Lorenz Educational Press
Total Pages: 41
Release: 2010-09-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0787783005

Explore the varied features of the world while reinforcing basic map reading skills. Sixteen student pages and accompanying blackline and full-color maps coordinate to provide a relational study of the elevation, vegetation, products, population, and peoples of the world. Full-color maps are provided as transparencies for print books and PowerPoint slides for eBooks. Student pages challenge students to combine maps and additional resources in order to answer questions and make judgments. Question topics follow the Five Themes of Geography as outlined by the National Geographic Society: finding absolute and relative locations on a map, relating physical and human characteristics to an area, understanding human relationships to the environment, tracing movement of peoples and goods throughout an area, and organizing countries and continents into regions for detailed study.

Map Skills for Today: Grade 1

Map Skills for Today: Grade 1
Author: Scholastic Teaching Resources
Publisher: Scholastic Teaching Resources
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781338214871

From treasure maps to state maps, this fun and colorful map skills primer covers symbols, cardinal directions, the globe-map connection, and more.

Instant Map Skills

Instant Map Skills
Author: Spencer Finch
Publisher: Teaching Resources
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2004-03-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780439540483

The activities in this book will help students learn basic skills in map reading.

The Complete Book of Maps & Geography, Grades 3 - 6

The Complete Book of Maps & Geography, Grades 3 - 6
Author:
Publisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2017-07-27
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1483840115

GRADES 3–6: With age-appropriate activities, this beginning social studies workbook helps children build knowledge and skills for a solid foundation in map skills and geography. INCLUDES: This elementary workbook features easy-to-follow instructions and practice on key topics such as US geography, grid maps, US regions, global geography, North and South American geography, and more! ENGAGING: This geography and map workbook features colorful photographs and illustrations with fun, focused activities to entertain children while they grasp concepts and skills for success. HOMESCHOOL FRIENDLY: This elementary workbook for kids is a great learning resource for at home or in the classroom and allows parents to supplement their children's learning in the areas they need it most. WHY CARSON DELLOSA: Founded by two teachers more than 40 years ago, Carson Dellosa believes that education is everywhere and is passionate about making products that inspire life's learning moments.

Me on the Map

Me on the Map
Author: Joan Sweeney
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 18
Release: 2018-09-18
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 152477202X

Maps can show you where you are anywhere in the world! A beloved bestseller that helps children discover their place on the planet, now refreshed with new art from Qin Leng. Where are you? Where is your room? Where is your home? Where is your town? This playful introduction to maps shows children how easy it is to find where they live and how they fit in to the larger world. Filled with fun and adorable new illustrations by Qin Leng, this repackage of Me on the Map will show readers how easy it is to find the places they know and love with help from a map.

Map Skills - The World

Map Skills - The World
Author: R. Scott House
Publisher: Lorenz Educational Press
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2010-09-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1558631267

Color Overheads Included! Explore the varied features of the world while reinforcing basic map reading skills. Sixteen student pages and accompanying blackline and full-color maps coordinate to provide a relational study of the elevation, vegetation, products, population, and peoples of the world. Student pages challenge students to combine maps and additional resources in order to answer questions and make judgments. Question topics follow the Five Themes of Geography as outlined by the National Geographic Society: finding absolute and relative locations on a map, relating physical and human characteristics to an area, understanding human relationships to the environment, tracing movement of peoples and goods throughout an area, and organizing countries and continents into regions for detailed study.

There's a Map on My Lap! All About Maps

There's a Map on My Lap! All About Maps
Author: Tish Rabe
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 49
Release: 2002-09-24
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0375810994

Laugh and learn with fun facts about mapmakers, geography, compasses, and more—all told in Dr. Seuss’s beloved rhyming style and starring the Cat in the Hat! “You may travel the world, but no matter how far, with a map on your lap you will know where you are.” The Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library series combines beloved characters, engaging rhymes, and Seussian illustrations to introduce children to non-fiction topics from the real world! Go on a journey and learn: • how to read the latitude and longitude lines on a map • why a hiker uses a topographical map • why mapmakers use a scale and legends • and much more! Perfect for story time and for the youngest readers, There’s a Map on My Lap! All About Maps also includes an index, glossary, and suggestions for further learning. Look for more books in the Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library series! If I Ran the Horse Show: All About Horses Clam-I-Am! All About the Beach Miles and Miles of Reptiles: All About Reptiles A Whale of a Tale! All About Porpoises, Dolphins, and Whales Safari, So Good! All About African Wildlife Oh, the Lavas That Flow! All About Volcanoes Out of Sight Till Tonight! All About Nocturnal Animals What Cat Is That? All About Cats Once upon a Mastodon: All About Prehistoric Mammals Oh Say Can You Say What's the Weather Today? All About Weather The Cat on the Mat: All About Mindfulness

Map Skills

Map Skills
Author: Mollie Brittenum
Publisher:
Total Pages: 96
Release: 1991
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780880128407

In this rapidly changing global world, people are challenged everyday to be culturally literate. More than ever, map-reading skills are a necessity for the informed student. This book contains the tools needed to teach your third-and fourth-graders to read and use a variety of maps and map features. Each topic presented includes a teacher page filled with background information, teaching suggestions, and ideas for related activities. Also included for each topic are several students pages that provide challenging practice with map skills of all kinds - map legends, scale, latitude and longitude lines, thematic maps, and so on. A glossary and answer key complete this valuable resource book.

Miss Rumphius

Miss Rumphius
Author: Barbara Cooney
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1985-11-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1101654929

A beloved classic—written by a beloved Caldecott winner—is lovelier than ever! Barbara Cooney's story of Alice Rumphius, who longed to travel the world, live in a house by the sea, and do something to make the world more beautiful, has a timeless quality that resonates with each new generation. The countless lupines that bloom along the coast of Maine are the legacy of the real Miss Rumphius, the Lupine Lady, who scattered lupine seeds everywhere she went. Miss Rumphius received the American Book Award in the year of publication. To celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of two-time Caldecott winner Barbara Cooney's best-loved book, the illustrations have been reoriginated, going back to the original art to ensure state-of-the-art reproduction of Cooney's exquisite artwork. The art for Miss Rumphius has a permanent home in the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.

Map Skills

Map Skills
Author: B. Fox
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2003-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9780845498941

Map Skills takes a grade-by-grade approach to teaching students how to interpret and learn from maps and globes, a fundamental content theme found in nearly every state s academic standards.