"How long is the drive from Florida to Oregon? What's the shortest route to the picnic? How can you get around a big park without getting lost? Discover the many ways maps can provide information and help solve problems. This first introduction to using maps will help kids build visual literacy skills and navigate their world"--Provided by publisher.
"Learn how to use map features like a key, compass rose, and a scale to answer questions about direction, measurement, and symbols. Look at photos of different continents, and use the maps inside the book to navigate and compare what is the same and what is different between them"--Provided by publisher.
Map My Country explains what a map of a country shows and what it is used for. Young readers are introduced to basic map components such as keys and symbols and are given the skills to map their own country.
"Many maps present weather patterns, which can aid in helping people predict hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunamis, and other forms of extreme weather. These maps can help people understand the normal patterns of everyday weather as well. Readers are introduced to these kinds of weather maps through . . . main text. Detailed diagrams, . . . graphic organizers, . . . fact boxes, and full-color examples of maps serve as additional resources to help readers understand this science and social studies curriculum topic"--Provided by publisher.
An illustrated introduction to map reading that covers why maps are needed, symbols, different kinds of maps, map features, legends, direction, relative location, latitude, longitude, scale, and distance.
