Geography

 =**Owl and Mouse Maps  **=

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http://www.yourchildlearns.com/us-state-maps.htm  =====

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<span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">US printable maps for teaching. Select NC and you can get labeled and unlabeled maps of NC and the borders of NC. These can be used in flip charts for teaching. They may be printed for students to label. ===== <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> ====<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">            ====

** Google Earth   **
[|www.googleearth.com]

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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Students can get an aerial view of the state and zoom into where they live. The topography and geographical features can be observed. This link takes you to the page where you can download googleearth. My school already has this downloaded on all computers. =====

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">**<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Where on Earth is Reykjavik? **
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/geography/index.htm#awards

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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">This is a lesson which explains globes, hemispheres, latitude, longitude, etc. This is a good lesson for reviewing and introducing students to the theme of location. =====

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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">If you access to Promethean Planet this flipchart explains parts of a map. When doing a search type in Introduction to Maps and you will currently find the lesson on the 3rd page. Students can interact by spinning a compass rose and determining the direction it points. Various pages provide opportunities to read a map to answer questions. Activotes or activexpressions can be used to answer map skill questions at the end of the lesson. You must log in to Promethean Planet type in search map skills. ===== <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">