Mapping: Latitude and Longitude - most from
http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00000486.shtml

• Crack the Code - National Geographic - a fun activity to get students to practice figuring out latitude and longitude.
• Definition of Latitude and Longitude - brief, but good map layout
• Find your longitude - Nova online: Lost at sea - calculate your longitude based on time difference from Greenwich
• Geographic Coordinates of World Countries - CIA Factbook
• How far is it? - gives distances between cities ( as crow flies) with longitute and latitude
• Latitude - in 1440 they only knew........
• Latitude and Longitude - a good explanation with pictures
• Latitude and Longitude of World Cities - a table listing - Lycos Kids
• Latitude and Longitude Postition finder Click on a state to zoom in and find the latitude and longitude
• Look-up: Latitude and Longitude of states - list
• Minutes from Me with questions at the end ask students to use latitude and longitude to find the answers

Map games and practice

• European Capitals - matching game - http://www.quia.com/mc/1005.html
• Europe - games, puzzles, quizzes, trivia - http://members.aol.com/bowermanb/europegames.html
• Map and Geography games http://www.maps.com/FunFacts.aspx?nav=FF#
• Practice maps http://faculty.washington.edu/smott/mapractice/apractice.html
• Test Your Geography Knowledge http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/
• All about world geography - drag and drop games - http://sheppardsoftware.com/World_Continents.htm
  • All about United States geography
• Map coloring 4 colors
• Understanding types of maps - PowerPoint

Shaded Relief maps - color landform map of the US

• Connecticut
• Delaware
• Georgia
• Maine
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• New York
• North Carolina
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• South Carolina
• Virginia

Maps and mapping lesson plans

• Using latitude and longitude