Here, There and Everywhere!
During the 2006-7 school year our children went on a trip around the world and used geography to help navigate. Please see our Passport unit.
Please see the General Science page for more books and links.
| Resources--books | Resources--websites | Projects | Writing Assignments0 |
Resources
Books
Non-Fiction--Information books:
 | Oceans by Andrew Haslam & Barbara Taylor (Two-Can Publishing, 2001; ISBN 0157252550)* |
| The Handy Geography Answer Book by Matthew T.
Rosenberg (Visible Ink, 1999; ISBN1578590620) |
Activity Books:
| Geography Crafts for Kids by Joe Rhatigan & Heather Smith (Lark Books, 2002; ISBN 1579901964) |
Fiction:
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Audio/visual:
| Geography Tutor Series, 13 Volumes series that help children understand topics such as Map directions, distances, scale latitude, longitude, Each volume is very short 15-20 minutes but covers a wealth of information. |
| Living Pattern Geography Series (Rainbow, 2001) |
| Map Skills for Children Series (Schlessinger, 2004) |
Websites
| Enchanted Learning glossary of geographic words. |
| Cartographic Communication The why and how of maps, plus so much more! |
| World Atlas.com I can't find a country or area they don't have. Not only do they have maps but links to help you learn about that county! Super site., |
| Blank Outline Maps Need a blank outline map....go here. |
| Maps Another site that doesn't just have maps, but other information about the county/area you are interested in. They also sell maps. Ad banners and pop-ups! |
| Coloring Book of Flags it has more than just the US flag, N & S Europe, Africa, Asia, Australasia, S. Pacific, Canada and South & Central America |
| 50 States Information on each state. They do have advertisements, but someone has to pay for the web :) |
| TopoZone "The TopoZone is the Web's center for recreational and professional topographic map users. We've worked with the USGS to create the Web's first interactive topo map of the entire United States." quoted from their site |
| Colonial Maps Dated maps Great resource for History. |
| Lesson plans on Oceans from A to Z Teacher Stuff |
| Lesson plans on Deserts from A to Z Teacher Stuff |
| Activities to help teach geography's five themes |
| Sports and Geography |
| Blank US map for printing Color map |
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Geographic.org |
Please also see the Geography
under our Resource page
Projects
Writing assignments
Completed:
Last update:November, 2006
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