Use a variety of maps to understand geographic and historical information (i.e., political maps, resource maps, product maps, physical maps, climate maps, and vegetation maps). 6.3.5

Links verified 8/6/2014

1. A Map For All Reasons - students identify the function of various parts of a map
2. Eight representations of a single place - Each of these images shows a representation of Mount Shasta, a volcano in California. A fantastic topographic map allows viewers to rotate the map horizontally.
3. Geographical Features - Quia game
4. Interactive map of the various types of features on the Earth's surface
5. Map Reading - Enchanted Learning - activities for learning map reading.
6. Map Skills - A resource website for teachers with many web links.
7. Map Skills - Maps show us many types of information. We can learn about a country's landforms, weather, population, almost anything simply by reading a map!
8. Map Sites - Teacher Resource
9. Mapability - Map Symbols.
10. Reading a Road Map - Pick a state and use the Map Key.

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