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The geographer in me is SO happy to see these links provided with REAL ways for all teachers to use them. I'm particularly pleased that one has resources for different map projections. Yeah, a geography nerd -- Sosumi (my Japanese alter ego).
Angela
Moderator, ResourcEd
***[[[ MAKING MAPS ]]]***
Maps of our planet are an important part of Social Studies
teaching. This Nugget is for teachers who either have
their students draw and colour maps, or who teach their
students how to read published maps.
The following three reputable Web sites take different
approaches to planetary maps. None require registration
or membership. They are described here in terms of how
teachers might make use of them.
1. Mapquest http://www.mapquest.com/
This site is easy for younger students to navigate,
and produces maps quickly. Coverage is worldwide,
although better in the developed world. Maps come
with mile/kilometer scales, but have no latitude and
longitude information. Maps come filled in - nothing
to colour or to add by way of information - though
on the finest scales, students can draw in their home
and their school. Supported by some advertising.
Teachers' favourite here...in moments, you or your
students can call up and print a clean, printable,
outline map of any country in the world. Print the map
with or without the identifying names on it. National
Geographic's site offers several kinds of interactive
maps, but these printable versions may be the most
handy for classroom use.
From Germany, this site has the user choose the exact
boundaries of his or her map, as well as what to place
on it and what projection to use. The site is rather
slow and less friendly. But, it's the best of the three
if you are teaching your students to *use* latitude and
longitude, and for the different kinds of cartographic
map projections (Mercator etc.), and the features one
finds on maps. That's because OMC requires the student
to specify all the above in order to obtain the map!
My thanks to Dave Rogers for this Network Nugget.
Later in the week our final Nugget of this year will be a
holiday treat - Games Old and New.
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