Understanding Maps: Key to Everywhere
- Grade Level: Primary (1-3)
- Subjects: Geography
- Produced By: SchoolMedia, Inc.
- Year: 1997
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Running Time: 15m
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Relate the three-dimensional world in which we live to the two-dimensional world of maps by taking a plane ride over a neighborhood and translating the view onto a flat map. This program demonstrates the points on a compass, how different types of maps show different things, what symbols and scales are, and what a globe is. DVD features include on-screen teacher's guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections: (1) Introduction (2) What is a map? (3) Direction (4) Distance (5) Different maps show different things (6) symbols (7) Trip planning (8) Grid maps (9) globes (10) compass (11) Review and Conclusion.