Videos

• What Are Maps and How Do We Use Them?
• Cardinal Directions: North, South, East and West
• How Symbols Help Us Use Maps
• Scale and Distance
• Finding Location With the Grid System

In the Lakeland schools, click on the link and the movie will open in a movie player.

If you are using this resource outside of the district, you will need to visit this Video-on-Demand site and search for the video, "Understanding and Using Maps and Globes." (Note that this is available free to New York State educators and teachers only.)

Create a Map

• Directions
• Guidelines for Questions
• Template for the Map
• Sample Map
• Rubric

Nikki's Adventure

This is an online story that you can read about a girl who goes up in a hot air balloon over a park.

Sites to Visit

• United States Map Game
• Latitude and Longitude Game
• GeoNet Game
• Map Machine Student Edition