Today's Classroom Activities :

Maps—How to use them

Real-life Maps
Geography In preparation for a mapping unit, get maps from a nearby airport, subway and bus station. If you're in a rural area, get maps from the nearest city. Teach vocabulary such as concourse, connection, e-tickets, etc.

Historic Maps in K-12 Classrooms
The site has been designed specifically to support basic map and information acquisition skills at the K-2 levels and social studies, history, or geography teaching at other levels.

Map Skills
In this lesson, students will be able to define maps, explain the need for maps, construct their own maps, and develop map skills and appreciate the value of hard work while constructing their own maps.

Twenty-first-century cartography is a complex discipline. Challenge your students to explore this sampling of contemporary maps and become twenty-first-century geographically aware citizens.

Mental Map of Your Classroom
In this lesson, students will visit the Mental Mapper exhibit in Xpedition Hall and explore the different types of mental maps. Students will work with teachers to create a mental map of the classroom based on their individual perspectives of what the classroom contains.