Learning map reading skills and orienteering will help kids develop a greater interest in maps and awareness of the world around them.
Too often map skills focus on memorizing country borders, names, and capitals. With our rapidly changing world, what is learned one year may become obsolete the next. Map Skills, Grade 6 has a more practical approach. It focuses on the natural geography of the world, why maps are made like they are, and how to use them to find your way around. Students will learn to understand map symbols such as the legend, scale, directional compass, and grids. The will learn to differentiate between physical, political, thematic, and direction maps and how each type is useful for different information. Political boundaries and country names may change, but the skills learned in this book will last a lifetime.
This softcover book, 48 pages, is recommended for 6th grade.
Frank Schaffer Publications designed the activities in this book to cover essential skills found in standardized tests. Every activity is aligned to state and national standards and designed to improve performance. Through cooperative efforts with Align to Achieve, an independent, non-profit organization, the instructional contents of this book have been correlated to meet or exceed standards for each state as well as national standards. Click here to see a complete list of items available from Frank Schaffer Publications. |
