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Map Skills

Name: Map Skills
Author: Laurie Gilbert
ISBN: 9781568226415

by Laurie Gilbert, Englehart

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Overview

Too often map skills focus on memorizing country borders, names, and capitals. With our rapidly changing world, what is learned one year may become obsolete the next. Map Skills--Grade 6 has a more practical approach. It focuses on the natural geography of the world, why maps are made like they are, and how to use them to find your way around. Students will learn to understand map symbols such as the legend, scale, directional compass, and grids. The will learn to differentiate between physical, political, thematic, and direction maps and how each type is useful for different information. Political boundaries and country names may change, but the skills learned in this book will last a lifetime.

Synopsis

Go beyond memorizing names and borders. Explore new routes to learning about maps. Map Skills - Grade 2 journeys from reviewing the globe and compass rose to using a map scale and locating countries within continents. Your students will experience numerous and varied adventures using map symbols, map keys, and map scales as they follow the ice-cream truck, help Sam Super Spy complete a secret mission, go the distance in a bike-a-thon, and even travel across the United States to join some children on exciting adventures. Your students will have a wonderful time learning and exploring!