maps

Maps and information for major world cities; world maps; country profiles; travel tips on climate; required documents; holidays; flags of the world; air distancw; world time zones.

Meg and Kate, along with their boyfriends Dave and Fred, get involved in a hunt for hidden money after Meg's Uncle Bob, the police chief, finds a map drawn by a bank robber.

Presents activity ideas, reproducible pages, four interactive color posters, and one hundred reusable stickers for teaching kids in grades 2-3 about maps.

Discusses various types of maps and their uses, with explanations of such map-related terms as symbol, direction, and legend.

Easy to read text designed especially for children and provides information that children want to know, Dramatic illustrations show a unique site, event, or other characteristics. Fact boxes present data.

Traces the history of maps and mapmaking, introducing readers to various navigators and explorers and the impact of technology. Features color maps, illustrations, hands-on activities, a glossary, and an index.

A contemporary atlas that also teaches map-reading skills and supplies entertaining geographic facts.

Presents twenty games made to help kids in grades 3-6 learn about the five standard geography themes: location, place, human influences, movement, and region.