Draw a line between each pair of cities in each question. Map skills for elementary students national geographic society. In this map scale instructional activity, students analyze a map of an area with several towns marked. This is an interactive map scale activity for users of promethean boards. The general map tells us a lot about alabraskas surface features information like city locations, transportation, rivers and fault lines. Map skills can be boring for students because they dont relate to their everyday lives. Mapping activities, worksheets, printables, and lesson plans. A differentiated lesson involving reading maps using a scale to solve a range of problems with answers that take measuring errors into account pupils need to know speed distance and time relationships and possibly loci for harder section i borrowed copies of an old spec gcse geography map to cut back on printing so added a pdf of the map on a4 also have added a copy of the ppt as pdf to make. Apply learning about proportions, ratio, and scale to create a scale drawing of a room. Reluctant reader books attack on the high seas grade 23 how do you make a video game. A guide to scale and map work teaching approach this series consist of four lessons which should be played in order. Pdf map reading scales worksheet mitchell a nicholls. Map scale is often confused or interpreted incorrectly, perhaps because the smaller the map scale, the larger the reference number and vice versa. In light of the covid19 crisis, and the many disruptions it has caused or will cause to our kids education, i am offering subscriptions to the upgraded site at 80%.
On the map is a 4 cm line that represents an actual distance of 50 km. These lesson plans were written as a guideline to teach map skills. They study two maps that use map scale, then answer questions. In this inclass activity, students will practice measuring using the metric system, learn how to. Have students do the same task with paper, pencil, and their state maps. Basic map skills are so important to learn at an early age. Geological survey earth science information center esic to be most useful, a map must show locations and distances accurately on a sheet of paper of convenient size. Scroll down to the unit 1 section, and click on 08.
They will also learn about creating a map scale and a detailed legend. A map scale makes a comparison between actual reallife distance and map fake distance. Remind students how to calculate scale give students a map of kansas city metro area and the kansas city metro area map activity worksheet students work on worksheet to calculate distances in the kansas city area using scale give students a united states map and find the distances between major u. Have students measure the distance in yards of a street outside your school.
Find two places on the map that are about the distance of the map scale you just copied and point them out to students. Grade 35 the big prize grade 36 how i survived the pirate attack grade 45. A map scale might be given in a drawing a graphic scale, but it usually is given as a fraction or a ratio110,000 or 1. It uses a map of the uk with the major cities on as its base so you become familiar with how touse direction with a map whilst also learning where the major cities of the uk and northern ireland are. Measuring distances on a map national geographic society. Apply the use of lines of latitude and longitude to determine a location on a map. Do you know all the states and cities around australia. This product comes with three themed versions classroom, food, and zoo of an activity that can be adapted for.
The map scale can usually be found in one of the bottom corners of the map, and you can use a ruler to measure the length of the line and find the reallife distance. Measuring distances on a map students use a map scale to measure distance between cities and other places on a map of your state. Maps unit page 3 these lesson plans were written as a guideline to teach map skills. In this distance scale worksheet, learners study a map of egypt and analyze the distance scale. This printable map worksheet teaches students how to read a map, including following directions, reading a map key or map legend, and recognizing north, south, east, and west on a compass rose. This can be then used to work out speed, costs of the trip using fuel costs per km or per mile and include conversions too. A b c d north, south, east, west north, west, there, here 2 near, far, close, inbetween northwest, south, under, over which of these is not a type of map. They must plan a trip trying to visit as many cities beginning with different letters as possible and record all distances travelled. This fun online game reinforces the concept of map scale by challenging students to determine the distances between major world cities. In this lesson plan on map skills, you will provide students with the materials needed to create maps in the classroom.
Using a map scale thousands of printable activities. Use the scale on the map and the ruler at the bottom of the page to answer the distance questions below. Map scale scale is the relationship between a distance on a map and the actual distance on the ground. If tim wanted to buy a book at the bookstore, what direction would he need to walk. This package contains a variety of handouts, worksheets, a lesson idea, and an activity to help teach students map skills such as scale, cardinal and intermediate directions, types of maps planimetric, thematic, topographic, and basic map elements legend, title etc. With maps learners have to be able to read different kinds of maps, and calculate the distance from one place to another. Lets learn how to read our maps and gain important. Boltss 263 kb pdf map keys 717 kb pdf grid skills 383 kb pdf direction skills 4. But making a map of their own classroom be fun and educational at the same time. Understand a scale written as a ratio b scale is independent of units, when expressed as a ratio. The geology map tells us the types of rocks that exist in alabraska. This means that everything included in the map ground area, distance. When operating in foreign places, there may be other times units use obtained maps such as tourist maps or other commercially produced maps. Students use an inch ruler and this scale to calculate 6 measures of distance between cities on the map.
Find the actual distance between the two points in km. Seventh grade lesson in map skills lesson 3 map scale. Grade 4 map skills printable maps and skills sheets. In grenada, many of our troops used a british tourist map. This activity focuses on developing map skills, chiefly, using direction to locate features on a map. This is designed as an activity to support using map scales to determine distance between objects. Pencil, pen, ruler, protractor, pair of compasses and eraser. This is to help the learner to get a comprehensive understanding of the concept being built up. Large is small simply defined, scale is the relationship between distance on the map and distance on the ground. Click here for a downloadable summary of all activities in the map skills for elementary students collection and the learning objectives and spatial thinking concepts targeted in each activity.
They create and exchange quizzes and use an interactive map to check their answers. Use the scale on the map to answer the distance questions below. Refer to the map of dundee and answer the following questions. Then, students visit a town and use the onscreen ruler tool found under math tools to measure the distance between points in inches. Proportions worksheet map scale exercises in scale scale drawing of a room reflection worksheet rulers or measuring tapes. Agree on a map scale factor, and then draw the scale map of the school street with important landmarks.
Optional exploration if time during the year permits. Locate and label the prime meridian and equator on a world map. Choose a set of data that is available at both the state and county levels, i. Louis 0 500 miles scale n e s w use the scale on the map to answer the distance questions below. Map skills thousands of printable worksheets and study. Working with scales worksheet assessment for learning. Download and print this basic outline map of australia. This measurement worksheet teaches second graders to use map scale to determine true distances. One of the most important skills in reading maps is understanding scale. Map scale practice teaching maps, 6th grade social studies. Be sure to measure from the center of the first to the. If farmer naden wanted to walk southwest to the androscoggin.
Using map scales to figure distances and areas activity. Students are introduced to the concept of map scale and shown an example. Theyll practice measuring distance on a map with a ruler, then use scale to find distance in miles. Students learn that mapmakers use scale to measure distance on a map. For example, the willis tower in chicago is 1,450 feet tall 110 floors. Updated reading map using scale lesson teaching resources.