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A map is a drawing of the earth's surface on a flat piece of paper. Maps can how boundaries, physical features, distribution, comparative data, etc.
Sample some of the following activities and find maps of the earth, the continents, the countries of the world, the United States, Utah, and your own community.
Places To Go 
People
To See Things To Do Teacher
Resources Bibliography
Places To GoThe following are places to go (some real and some virtual) to find out about maps.
About.com Geography - Maps
Locate maps of cities, states, countries, and the world. You can find all types of maps, from physical to topographic to outline to road and street maps online.
Locate maps of cities, states, countries, and the world. You can find all types of maps, from physical to topographic to outline to road and street maps online.
Google Maps
Use Google Maps to find maps, traffic, photographs, directions, satallite photos, and terrain images.
Use Google Maps to find maps, traffic, photographs, directions, satallite photos, and terrain images.
Lewis and Clark Archives - Maps
See several maps at the Lewis and Clark Archives related to the journey of the Corps of Discovery created by William Clark.
See several maps at the Lewis and Clark Archives related to the journey of the Corps of Discovery created by William Clark.
Library
of Congress - Geography and Map Reading Room
This site has the largest map library in the world. They have embarked on a program to scan many of the important maps in North American history.
This site has the largest map library in the world. They have embarked on a program to scan many of the important maps in North American history.
National
Geographic Education
You‚ve got the whole world in your hands and nearly 600 maps at your fingertips. There is no better place to find maps.
You‚ve got the whole world in your hands and nearly 600 maps at your fingertips. There is no better place to find maps.
People To SeeAbraham Ortelius
An atlas is a big book of maps. Make the acquaintance of Dutch cartographer Abraham Ortelius and Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator. They developed some of the earliest atlases in the 1500s.
An atlas is a big book of maps. Make the acquaintance of Dutch cartographer Abraham Ortelius and Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator. They developed some of the earliest atlases in the 1500s.
Claudius
Ptolemy
Ptolemy was the most influential of Greek astronomers and geographers of his time. He propounded the geocentric theory that prevailed for 1400 years.
Ptolemy was the most influential of Greek astronomers and geographers of his time. He propounded the geocentric theory that prevailed for 1400 years.
Major John Wesley Powell
Get to know John Wesley Powell. His expeditions were instrumental in helping to map the western United States.
Get to know John Wesley Powell. His expeditions were instrumental in helping to map the western United States.
Rand McNally
Check our Mr. Rand and Mr. McNally. This well-known map company has an educational section with lesson plans for teachers.
Check our Mr. Rand and Mr. McNally. This well-known map company has an educational section with lesson plans for teachers.
Stars
Visit with Orion and Argo and Cassiopeia and take a trip to the constellations. From ancient times, people have been making star maps to track the movement of celestial bodies across the night sky. Star maps are also important to show the outline of constellations. Astronomers claim that there are 88 constellations which have been given official Latin names. We often know constellations by popular names. For example, we call Ursa Major the Great Bear, and the Big Dipper is a portion of the constellation Ursa Major.
Visit with Orion and Argo and Cassiopeia and take a trip to the constellations. From ancient times, people have been making star maps to track the movement of celestial bodies across the night sky. Star maps are also important to show the outline of constellations. Astronomers claim that there are 88 constellations which have been given official Latin names. We often know constellations by popular names. For example, we call Ursa Major the Great Bear, and the Big Dipper is a portion of the constellation Ursa Major.
Things To DoThe Census
Tract Street Locator
Type in a street number, street name, and zip code. You'll receive census-type information--not for that particular household--but for the general neighborhood area.
Type in a street number, street name, and zip code. You'll receive census-type information--not for that particular household--but for the general neighborhood area.
Discoverers Web
This project is a gathering of information found on the web about voyages of discovery and exploration.
This project is a gathering of information found on the web about voyages of discovery and exploration.
GeoNet
Game
Play GeoNet and save the planet! To start the game, click on the Northeast, the South, or the United States.
Play GeoNet and save the planet! To start the game, click on the Northeast, the South, or the United States.
How Compasses Work
Find out how a compass works and who first used a compass. Then learn how to use a compass yourself.
Find out how a compass works and who first used a compass. Then learn how to use a compass yourself.
Latitude: The Art and Science of Fifteenth-Century Navigation
Discover the many ways to navigate the globe.
Discover the many ways to navigate the globe.
Latitude and Longitude
Horizontal = latidude. Vertical = longitude. One degree of latitude is about 69 miles. Latitudinal lines are also called parallels because they run parallel to the equator. Lines that run north and south are lines of longitude that are also called meridians.
Horizontal = latidude. Vertical = longitude. One degree of latitude is about 69 miles. Latitudinal lines are also called parallels because they run parallel to the equator. Lines that run north and south are lines of longitude that are also called meridians.
MapQuest
You can visit anyone you want by using MapQuest. This site will generate maps for you and provide step-by-step driving instructions for wherever you want to go.
You can visit anyone you want by using MapQuest. This site will generate maps for you and provide step-by-step driving instructions for wherever you want to go.
Map Projections
A map projection is a way to show a drawing of the earth on a flat surface. All flat maps have distortion, so we use different map projections to meet different needs.
A map projection is a way to show a drawing of the earth on a flat surface. All flat maps have distortion, so we use different map projections to meet different needs.
Peter's
Projection Map
"It's important that we use a map whose purpose is to give us a geographically accurate image of the world. The Peters Projection map is that map."
"It's important that we use a map whose purpose is to give us a geographically accurate image of the world. The Peters Projection map is that map."
Time
Zone Map
Go to this site and find out what time it is at the Tokyo Disneyland, at the Euro Disneyland, at Disneyland in California, and at Disney World in Florida.
Go to this site and find out what time it is at the Tokyo Disneyland, at the Euro Disneyland, at Disneyland in California, and at Disney World in Florida.
The World Clock – Time Zones
Find out what time it is in Darwin, Australia; in McMurdo Station, Antarctica; and in Kigali, Rwanda.
Find out what time it is in Darwin, Australia; in McMurdo Station, Antarctica; and in Kigali, Rwanda.
Teacher Resources Online Activities/Hotlists are a listing of internet
sites with fun, interesting, and educational tasks attached to each one.
(You can learn how to use this WWW
Activities tool created by UEN for Utah educators).
Bibliography- Bramwell, Martyn. How Maps Are Made. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, 1998.
- Bramwell, Martyn. Mapping Our World. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Company, 1998.
- Chrisp, Peter. Mapping the Unknown. Austin, Tex.: Raintree Steck-Vaughn, c1997.
- Ganeri, Anita. Maps and Map Making. New York: F. Watts, 1995.
- Pratt, Paula. Maps: Plotting Places on the Globe. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books, c1995.