Map basics

Teaches readers about different types of maps, while providing the opportunity to practice map skills.

Explains the origin of standard time and the international system of time zones, and discusses Greenwich Mean Time and Coordinated Universal Time, time zones in the United States, daylight savings time, and the cases of India and Australia.

Readers learn about latitude and longitude while reinforcing basic map skills.

Introduces readers to the compass rose and cardinal directions, reinforcing basic map skills.

Readers learn about climate zones while practicing basic map skills.

Teaches readers how to learn map keys, while reinforcing other basic map skills.

Explains that maps use symbols to represent places, landforms, and other features and the map key shows what each symbol means.

Explains time measurement from sundials to atomic clocks, and discusses time zones and time zone maps.

Explains the compass rose, cardinal directions, and the history of the compass.

Explains that the Earth can be divided into climate zones, and discusses six climate zones based on shared features of areas' climates.