maps

Explores the history and science behind mapmaking and navigation, featuring illustrated, step-by-step instructions for twenty projects designed to help students learn about the mapmaking and navigation processes.

Describes different types of maps and the tools used by past and present mapmakers.

An illustrated introduction to following a map.

Simple text and illustrations introduce maps and how to create a map of a room.

Simple text and illustrations introduce maps and how to create a map of a state.

Simple text and illustrations introduce maps and how to create a map of a continent.

Sixth-grader Alton Ziegler loves maps, and when his portfolio of secret maps is stolen, he begins getting notes with orders that he must obey to get the maps back but, with the help of a popular classmate, he just might succeed before his teacher, principal, or someone else learns he has been studying and mapping things about them.

We can learn a lot about the world from maps. Maps show us the world from above.

Simple text and illustrations provide a basic introduction to different kinds of maps and how they are used.

Simple text and photographs introduce map reading and different kinds of maps.