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Demonstration Activities

 

2D and 3D Maps a resource to help learners understand how a 3D globe turns into a flat 2D map

 

Map Browsing a photographic catalogue of the country of excellent quality and can be enlarged

 

Map Satellite and Hybrid mapping tool using mouse and enlarger arrows zoom down to street level anywhere in the world

 

Mapping Our World explanation of why maps are like they are introducing words like hemisphere meridians equator

 

Maps from Microsoft easy to enlarge with drag facilities

 

Satellite images of Earth change the view zoom in and out

 

Daylight Map a simple picture of the Earth a which areas are in daylight and those in darkness

 

Map showing Light Pollution a disturbing picture of Earth from Space

 

Map Making a facility to create and store your own maps

 

Map Outline a series of outline maps of countries and continents

 

 

Google Earth Download has a 3D navigation system that allows movement around features

 

 

 

 

 

Flash Earth map with labels

 

 

 

 

Google Maps Aerial Views input a place name or a postcode to produce a map zooming for greater detail

 

 

 

 

Map Makers a series of animations which explain who Mercator and Peters were and their projections

 

 

 

 

 

Map Merging compare the Mercator, Peters and Eckert IV projections

 

 

 

 

 

Best Map for the Task 5 characters explain about their journeys choose which map is the correct one

 

 

 
Practice Activities
 

 

Holey Moley decide where you would appear if you drilled a hole through the Earth

 

Find the Right Place place the flags in their correct locations on the map

 

Identify the features which you can see from the different cameras and using the zoom facility

 

 

 

 

Extension Activities

 

Compares how many times one country will fit into another using both projections

 

 

 

The start of a project comparing life on two islands, one in Ireland the other Germany

 

 

 

 

Map Activity 1 finding both islands

 

 

 

 

Map Activity 2 sorting out Ordnance Survey symbols

 

 

 

 

Compare two islands by dragging items from the list

 

Testing Activities
 

 

Walk the Plank Quiz how well can you recognise the features of different projections?

 

 

GeoSpy identify the Continents asked for

 

 

 

 

 

GeoSpy identify the Countries asked for

 

 

GeoSpy identify the US States asked for

 

 
See Also
Maps Map Symbols Compass Points Grid References
Following Directions