MapMaker Launch Guide - National Geographic Society
MapMaker is a digital mapping tool, created by the National Geographic Society and Esri, designed for teachers, students, and National Geographic Explorers.
Map Skills for Students - Education
This collection features map activities designed to strengthen spatial thinking skills for students. Spatial thinking allows students to comprehend and analyze phenomena related to the places and spaces around them, and is one of the most important skills students can develop as they learn geography, and various science disciplines.
Maps of Familiar Places - Education
2024年1月22日 · Using maps of places that are familiar to students will strengthen their spatial thinking skills before learning about states, countries, and continents. Use the prompts below to introduce the maps to students.
Community Map - National Geographic Society
2023年11月15日 · Look at this map of a community. It shows residential and business areas and some of the main streets and buildings in the community. It includes a map key with symbols.
Neighborhood Map - Education
2023年11月15日 · Look at this map of a neighborhood. It shows residential and business areas and some of the main streets and buildings in the neighborhood. Symbols on a map are drawings that stand for real things.
Maps and Infographics (Ages 4-8) - Education
Maps and Infographics (Ages 4-8) Introduce your youngest learners to geography’s most basic tool: the map. The simple maps and infographics in this collection will introduce them to the ocean while they improve their spatial thinking with data.
Cardinal Directions and Maps - Education
2024年9月17日 · Show students the true cardinal directions using a compass app on a smartphone or tablet. Replicate the directions by drawing a compass rose in chalk on the classroom floor, or alternately on the playground blacktop. Review what N, S, E, and W represent.
Map
2024年9月13日 · A map is a symbolic representation of selected characteristics of a place, usually drawn on a flat surface. Maps present information about the world in a simple, visual way. They teach about the world by showing sizes and shapes of countries, locations of features, and distances between places.
Education | National Geographic Society
Resources to Get You Started. Engage with National Geographic Explorers and transform learning experiences through live events, free maps, videos, interactives, and other resources.
Measuring Distances on a Map - Education
2024年9月17日 · Students use a map scale to measure distance between cities and other places on a map of your state. They create and exchange quizzes and use an interactive map to check their answers.