Students will be able to identify and describe the parts of a map.

1. Entry Task:
Google Classroom Post:
What can we use to help us
better describe and
understand the relative
location of something?
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2. MAPS!

3.  Shows people where things are located.
 Can include information on population,
types of land, resources, etc.
 They show you how to get to places you
want to go.
Why are maps helpful?
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4. Relative Location
 Location of a place in relation to other
places.
 Your home has a relative location. Where is it
located in relation to schools, stores, and other
places?
 Relative location VOCABULARY!
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5. What are the key features/parts of a map?
 Look at maps
 Use an atlas
 Use online map sites
 http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/mapzone/map-
skills
Investigation!

6.  What key features did you find on the maps?
 Where there any similarities between maps?
Share your discoveries!

7. Map Scale
 Allows you to measure distances between places on a
map.
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8. Shows the relationship of the distance on
the land with the specific map
Example: 1-inch = 1 mile
Every map has a scale
Map Scales
Map Scale
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9. Where is
the scale
on this
map of
Ohio?
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10. Key or Legend
 Explains what the symbols on a map represent.
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11. Keys
 Also known as
legends
 Shows different
symbols for that
specific map
 For example, a
flower represents,
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12. Compass Rose
 Every map has a
compass rose
 Shows: North,
East, South, West
 Use the compass
rose to give
directions and find
locations on a
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13. Cardinal Directions
 Four main points of a compass:
 North, South, East and West
 Never Eat Soggy Worms
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14.  NW: Northwest
 NE: Northeast
 SW: Southwest
 SE: Southeast
All of the above are intermediate directions.
Sometimes these will appear on a map too!
Compass Rose
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15. Physical and Human
Characteristics
 Physical: What a place is made of by
nature
Examples: Landforms, bodies of water,
climate
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16. Physical and Human
Characteristics
 Human: Place made by humans
 Examples: Houses, bridges, parks
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17. Represents actual
places on a map
These can be restaurants,
gas stations, restrooms,
waterways, parks, etc.
Symbols
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18. What symbols do you see
on this map?
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19. Can you find the key on this map?
The compass? The map scale?
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20. Helps locate
places on a map.
Easy to use system.
Student Website:
http://www.mcwdn.org/MAPS&GLOBES/
Grid.html
Grid

21. A more detailed (or larger scale)
representation of a specific part of a
map.
Insert

22. Parts of a map foldable!
https://www.youtube.com/watc
h?v=txsmjOItqWE
Interactive Notebook: