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This is a world map with the latitude and longitude included ready for you to put together exercises. The map projection is Winkel Tripel. Terms of use: feel free to download and use this in your class/es. Not for commercial use.

Series of handouts that cover the basic topographic map skills plus ten sets of maps and exercises. Skills covered in the handouts: Introduction and Marginal Information Symbols and Colour Direction and Bearings Height and Slope Contour LInes and Landforms Locating Places Scale Measuring Distance Measuring/Estimating Area Cross-sections Gradient Ten practical mapping exercises are graded from simple to more complex maps and questions. Answers are inc

Australia in Maps is a series of worksheets based on maps of Australia showing various aspects of its Geography. The maps/worksheets include: 1. States/Territories and their capital cities 2. Water bodies Map 1 3. Water bodies Map 2 4. Major Urban Centres 5. Landform Regions 6. Natural Wonders 7. World Heritage Sites 8. Typical summer Weather Map 9. Typical Winter Weather Map 10.Comparing Winter and Summer Weather Maps 11.Climate Regions 1 12.Climate Regions 2 13.Australia's Neighbours 14.Vegeta

Geography in the News is a quiz that is based on news of the week from a geographic perspective. This quiz will suit students from upper primary school to upper high school.The quiz is made up of five mapping questions plus fifteen multiple choice questions + answers. The quiz is a PDF that you can download and print for your classes. The quiz is coloured but will photocopy well as b/w.How are schools using Geography in the News?As a quiz that can be completed in as little as 6 minutes.Group res

Geography in the News is a quiz that is based on news of the week from a geographic perspective. This quiz will suit students from upper primary school to upper high school.The quiz is made up of five mapping questions plus fifteen multiple choice questions + answers. The quiz is a PDF that you can download and print for your classes. The quiz is coloured but will photocopy well as b/w.How are schools using Geography in the News?As a quiz that can be completed in as little as 6 minutes.Group res

Geography in the News is a quiz that is based on news of the week from a geographic perspective. This quiz will suit students from upper primary school to upper high school.The quiz is made up of five mapping questions plus fifteen multiple choice questions + answers. The quiz is a PDF that you can download and print for your classes. The quiz is coloured but will photocopy well as b/w.How are schools using Geography in the News?As a quiz that can be completed in as little as 6 minutes.Group res

Geography in the News is a quiz that is based on news of the week from a geographic perspective. This quiz will suit students from upper primary school to upper high school.The quiz is made up of five mapping questions plus fifteen multiple choice questions + answers. The quiz is a PDF that you can download and print for your classes. The quiz is coloured but will photocopy well as b/w.How are schools using Geography in the News?As a quiz that can be completed in as little as 6 minutes.Group res

Three pages - first page is a table of climate statistics (temperature in centigrade, precipitation in millimetress) for seven Canadian cities; second page is a worksheet for students to use the climate statistics to draw climate graphs for each city and to locate them on a map of Canada.; third page is an answer key with graphs drawn and cities located on the map of Canada. Suitable for upper primary and lower secondary.

A series of two synoptic charts and FOUR worksheets that introduce students to floods and investigate the floods in Eastern Australia during February/March 2022. Worksheets are: Worksheet 1 - skills questions based on one of the two provided synoptic charts Worksheet 2 - research questions based on a website linked video on floods in general across Australia. Worksheet 3 - research questions based on website link Worksheet 4 - students gather information on the floods from media in three areas (

A series of two synoptic charts and three worksheets that introduce students to floods and investigate the floods in Eastern Australia during March 2021. Worksheets are: Worksheet 1 - skills questions based on one of the two provided synoptic charts Worksheet 2 - questions based on a linked video on floods in general across Australia. Worksheet 3 - students gather information on the floods from media in three areas (Gold Coat, New South Wales mid north coast and the Sydney Basin) Mainly su

Geography in the News is a quiz that is based on news of the week from a geographic perspective. This quiz will suit students from upper primary school to upper high school.The quiz is made up of five mapping questions plus fifteen multiple choice questions + answers. The quiz is a PDF that you can download and print for your classes. The quiz is coloured but will photocopy well as b/w.How are schools using Geography in the News?As a quiz that can be completed in as little as 6 minutes.Group res

A blank map of the USA (sans shadow) that can be used in class in a range of mapping activities limited only by the imagination of the teacher. The map is the Albers Equal Area Projection and includes a north point and both a linear scale in miles and one in kilometres.

This is a worksheet (4 pages) that will get your students to investigate Hurricane Helene (September 2024). The first page is a latitude and longitude exercise where the students map the track of the hurricane from its beginning in the waters of the Caribbean Sea to its making landfall in northern Florida. On the second to fourth pages students will answer general questions on hurricanes and specific set of research questions on Hurricane Helene. An answer key is provided.

A blank map of the USA that can be used in class in a range of mapping activities limited only by the imagination of the teacher. This map has a shadow. The map is the Albers Equal Area Projection and includes a north point and both a linear scale in miles and one in kilometres.

This is a mapping exercise that requires students to map the track of Hurricane Dorian from information given in a table. Students can follow the track of the hurricane over the next few days using the Weather Underground website (URL given on the worksheet). This exercise is also part of the Hurricane Dorian Enquiry, also in my store.There is also a weekly Social Science quiz on my store that you might be interested in - the quiz is based on the news of the week, a new quiz published every Sun

Three pages - first page is a table of climate statistics (temperature in fahrenheit, precipitation in inches) for seven US cities with different climate classification; second page is a worksheet for student to use the climate statistics to draw climate graphs for each city and to locate them on a map of the U.S.; third page is an answer key with graphs drawn and cities located on the map of the U.S.

This worksheet is an extreme weather case study that gets students to investigate a cold front that impacted the eastern seaboard of Australia on 9th June 2021 causing an immense amount of property damage, widespread snowfall/rain and flooding in the hinterland. Students are take to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology’s website where they will be able to obtain information about cold fronts and an Australian news’ website where they will get information of the impact of this extreme weat

This is a 4-page worksheet that gets students to investigate the city of Shenzhen in China which has grown from little more than a fishing village in the 1970s to an expanding metropolis of 11 million people today. Shenzhen is commonly known as the "Silicon Valley of China". The worksheet has some mapping questions that look at Shenzen's location and changes in land use over time, some statistics on the climate of the city, and a series of questions on the growth of the city and its impact that

This is a seven page package that include two pages of text that explain the basic operation of the water cycle and the processes within it. Five pages of activities are included that reinforce a basic understanding of the water cycle and its processes as well as extending your students' thinking of the water cycle and how people have used and changed it. The package is designed for the Australian Curriculum (Geography) for the topic "Water in the World", but, could be used in other countries wh

This is a 2 page worksheet that requires students to us their atlas and internet skills to investigate the wildfires in Canada in May 2016. Investigating the questions will give the students useful background information on boreal forests in Canada and some understanding why the wildfires have occurred and their impact on people, natural environment, infrastructure and economy. Great extension work or as homework research exercise.