Give your primary students the building blocks needed to be successful map readers. Our resource provides the basics of map reading to ensure a solid foundation is laid for further study. Create a treasure map using all the elements learned so far, such as cardinal directions, symbols and legend. Make a map of your classroom with a title, compass rose, legend, date, and author. Draw a route to school using North, East, South or West of certain landmarks. Explore grid lines with Google Earth™ and your town. See if you can find your street and school. Find your continent in Google Earth™. Then, locate the countries and lakes within, and the oceans that surround it. Write down the coordinates of the seven continents and four oceans of the world. Aligned to your State Standards and written to Bloom's Taxonomy, additional map activities, crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included.

Gain a complete understanding of map reading with our Mapping Skills with Google Earth™ 3-book BUNDLE. Start off by giving your PK-2 students the building blocks to be successful map readers. Make a map of your classroom with a title, compass rose, legend, date, and author. Find your continent and the countries and lakes within it. Then, extend this basic knowledge to give your 3-5 students a thorough understanding of maps. Compare the different times zones found in your country. Learn about topographic maps before exploring steep and gradual elevations. Finally, help your 6-8 students move on to a more complex understanding of map reading. Test your comprehension of a precipitation map by answering questions. Find the highest mountain, longest river and largest lake in your continent. Each concept is paired with a Google Earth™ activity. Aligned to your State Standards and written to Bloom's Taxonomy, additional map activities, crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included.

Give your primary students the building blocks needed to be successful map readers. Our resource provides the basics of map reading to ensure a solid foundation is laid for further study. Create a treasure map using all the elements learned so far, such as cardinal directions, symbols and legend. Make a map of your classroom with a title, compass rose, legend, date, and author. Draw a route to school using North, East, South or West of certain landmarks. Explore grid lines with Google Earth™ and your town. See if you can find your street and school. Find your continent in Google Earth™. Then, locate the countries and lakes within, and the oceans that surround it. Write down the coordinates of the seven continents and four oceans of the world. Aligned to your State Standards and written to Bloom's Taxonomy, additional map activities, crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included.

Extend the basic knowledge of map reading to give your elementary students a thorough understanding of maps. Our resource allows students to learn in-depth how to read and create maps. Explore all the elements on a map, such as scale, index, grid system, and surrounding area. Take your understanding of a grid system one step further by examining lines of latitude and longitude. Compare the different times zones found in your country. Learn about topographic maps before exploring steep and gradual elevations in Google Earth™. Draw a map of a rural and urban area to see the differences created by cultural features. Compare the climate of different areas of your country before heading to your hometown and examining the weather through Google Earth™. Label a map of the world according to temperature, such as tropical, mild, cold, or polar. Aligned to your State Standards and written to Bloom's Taxonomy, additional map activities, crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included.

Gain a complete understanding of map reading with our Mapping Skills with Google Earth™ 3-book BUNDLE. Start off by giving your PK-2 students the building blocks to be successful map readers. Make a map of your classroom with a title, compass rose, legend, date, and author. Find your continent and the countries and lakes within it. Then, extend this basic knowledge to give your 3-5 students a thorough understanding of maps. Compare the different times zones found in your country. Learn about topographic maps before exploring steep and gradual elevations. Finally, help your 6-8 students move on to a more complex understanding of map reading. Test your comprehension of a precipitation map by answering questions. Find the highest mountain, longest river and largest lake in your continent. Each concept is paired with a Google Earth™ activity. Aligned to your State Standards and written to Bloom's Taxonomy, additional map activities, crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included.

Help your middle school students move on to a more complex understanding of map reading. Our resource allows students to further develop their ability to read and understand maps. Practice what you've learned about coordinates by finding the matching countries on Google Earth™. Test your comprehension of a precipitation map by answering questions related to a map of North America. Explore the past with Google Earth™, and see how the population of certain places have changed over time. Find the states or provinces and capital cities of your country. See how many surrounding countries you can name. Find the highest mountain, longest river and largest lake in your continent. Compare a world map with a globe, such as Google Earth™. Find out which is a more accurate representation of the world. Aligned to your State Standards and written to Bloom's Taxonomy, additional map activities, crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included.