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Interactive maps; layers; zoom; place-based play.

21 tools

Grade 1 · English Language Arts · Map

Story Map Treasure

Plot a story on a treasure map: start, problem, events, solution. The X marks the lesson.

Grade 10 · English Language Arts · Map

World Lit Atlas

A map of world literature in the public domain; open a story from each region with cultural context notes.

Grades K-2 · English Learners · Map

Community Map Words

A friendly town map; tap places and helpers to hear and practice the words.

Grades 6-8 · English Learners · Map

Idiom Island

Explore an island where each place is an idiom; learn literal vs real meanings with pictures and audio.

Grades K-2 · Library and Research · Map

Library Adventure

Walk a cartoon library; find picture books, fiction and nonfiction sections and learn how spine labels work.

Grades 6-8 · Arts · Map

World Music Map

Explore instruments, rhythms and scales from around the world on an interactive map.

Grades 6-12 · World Languages and ASL · Map

Ciudad Perdida

Navigate a Spanish-speaking city using directions; ask for and give directions in Spanish.

Grades 6-12 · World Languages and ASL · Map

Mundo Hispano

Explore Spanish-speaking countries' traditions, food and music on an interactive map.

Grade 3 · Math · Map

Fraction Trail

Hike a trail marked in fractions; place campsites at 3/4 or 2/2 and discover equivalent points.

Grade 6 · Math · Map

Deep Sea Dive

A diver and a bird share a vertical number line; plot positions above and below sea level and compare distances.

Grade 11 · Math · Map

Imaginary Island

Explore the complex plane as an island map; multiplication by i rotates you a quarter turn.

Grade 7 · Science · Map

Resource Map

Map where minerals, fossil fuels and groundwater are found and why; see how geology decides where resources are.

Grade 12 · Science · Map

Biome Atlas

Explore world biomes with climate charts; predict which biome forms from temperature and rainfall.

Kindergarten · Social Studies · Map

Me on the Map

Zoom out from a bedroom to a house, street, town, state, country and planet; kids point out each level.

Grade 4 · Social Studies · Map

State Economy Map

Layer maps of industries, crops and resources; see why certain jobs cluster in certain places.

Grade 5 · Social Studies · Map

Nations of North America

A map of Native nations organized by region, with homes, foods and ways of life tied to the environment....

Grade 5 · Social Studies · Map

Colonial Trade Routes

Trade among New England, Middle and Southern colonies and Britain; see triangular trade and the human cost...

Grade 8 · Social Studies · Map

Expansion Map

Layer maps of territory acquisitions, trails and Native removals over time; multiple perspectives on each event.

Grade 8 · Social Studies · Map

Civil War Map Room

Animated map of major campaigns and turning points; letters from soldiers on both sides.

Grade 9 · Social Studies · Map

Ideas That Spread

Follow Enlightenment ideas as they spread to revolutions in America, France, Haiti and Latin America.