Geography and Map Skills

Useful Links:
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Five Themes of Geography – A quick review of what the five themes are.

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http://hometown.aol.com/bowermanb/games.html   -- links to geography games

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http://k12.njin.net/curriculum/oceans/stowaway.html – stowaway adventure

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http://multimedia2.freac.fsu.edu/fga/misc/map.htm#skill1 – good map lesson plans

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http://www.richmond.edu/~ed344/hunts/maps.html --  map webquest to try

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http://hea-www.harvard.edu/ECT/the_book/Chap4/Chapter4.html – more map lessons

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Map Machine – from NationalGeographic.com.

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Topographic Maps Lesson

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How Far Is It?

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Xpeditions over 600 black and white maps to print out

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World Climate (resource) – Look up climate averages for most places on the globe.

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World Book Climates (interactive map)

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http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/geography.html –lesson plans to look at

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Test your geography skills (CIA Kids Page) – Trivia Challenge

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Geo-Globe Interactive – Geography Game Site

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World Flags Game

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World Geography Trivia Challenge (Quia) - for two players

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Map Maker Pro 2.4

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USGS What Do Maps Show

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Longitude and Latitude

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MapBlast!