Learn About the Map of the United States

Learn more about the map of the United States using this  notebooking page 

Learn About the American Flag

• Learn about the flag of the United States

A Zoo Map

Help your child practice map-reading skills using this engaging zoo map activity. Great way for them to  learn geography vocabulary including: direction, landmark, symbol, and more.
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Land and Water Forms Matching Activity

Download activity Preview the book	Do you know what a canal, an estuary, and an archipelago are? Find out  with this engaging land and water forms lesson! Activity cards help students practice geography content vocabulary as they match the word, definition, and picture of each concept.

Learn State Capitals

Help students remember the capitals of each state with this fun interactive game. Other geography games such as Latitude & Longitude Map Game and World Map Match.

Wakko's 50 State Capitols

A Great Way To Study World Geography

You can't turn on the news these days without hearing about Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan , but where exactly are they? If you are like most Americans, you really don't know.

RethinkingSchools.org offers a free, interactive web application that does amazing job of teaching the locations of countries in and around the Middle East. The site is interactive, allowing you to click on the name of a country and drag it to the location on the map.

Crazy States

Learning state abbreviations can be fun with this game! Take 26 index cards and cut them in half. Write each letter of the alphabet twice on the 52 cards - be sure to use capital letters!

Shuffle the cards and deal each player 2 cards each. Each player tries to make a state abbreviation with their cards. If the player can't make an abbreviation, they choose one card from the deck and play passes to the next player. If they can make one, they choose 2 cards, and keep doing so until they can no longer make an abbreviation.

The player with the most abbreviations is the winner!

Learning the State Capitals

If your child is struggling with learning the state capitals, here is a fun website to try.

Map Smarts

Looking for a way to teach your child US geography? Check out this on-line geography game!

Teaching Geography with your Daily Newspaper

Many students lack geographical knowledge even at a time when global events are pivotal to our everyday lives. Here are some ideas for using the daily paper to help your child bone up on his/her geography skills:

1. Read today's news looking for items that take place in the nation. Then have your child locate them on the US map here. You can also use this on-line US map (if you scroll over the state it shows the name of each one.

2. Read today's news looking for international items. Then have your child locate them on the maps located here.

3. Locate the detailed weather information in the newspaper. Which city has the highest temperature? Locate it on a map. Find the city with the lowest temperature and locate it on the math. Find the latitude and longitude of each place.

Make A Compass Rose

Compass Rose

A compass rose is a design on a map that shows directions.

What You Need:
Paper
Pencil
Crayons or markers

What You Do:

Draw a compass rose beginning with a large circle. Add a small circle in the middle of the large circle.

Draw a four point star within the large circle.

Fill in the directions using standard abbreviations at each point including: N = North, S = South, W = West and E= East.

Add another four point star across the first four point star.

Fill in the remaining directions using standard abbreviations at each point including: NE = Northeast, NW = Northwest, SE = Southeast and SW = Southwest.

US Map Practice

Test your geography skills...Can you label the states before time runs out? http://www.pibmug.com/files/map_test.swf Can you drag and drop each state into its proper location on the map? Place the State