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There are many kinds of maps!

There are many kinds of maps! . Claudia Mesnil -Baez Social Studies Lesson grade 2 & 3 . Continents . Continents are main expanses of land They are made up of countries . Earth / Globe terms . Ocean: The oceans are the larger bodies of water that surround the lands of the world.

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There are many kinds of maps!

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  1. There are many kinds of maps! Claudia Mesnil-Baez Social Studies Lesson grade 2 & 3

  2. Continents • Continents are main expanses of land • They are made up of countries

  3. Earth / Globe terms • Ocean: The oceans are the larger bodies of water that surround the lands of the world. • Sea: A sea is usually a smaller and more defined area of water. There are seas next to oceans of water.

  4. Earth/Globe terms • Equator: an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel of latitude 0°.

  5. Countries • Countries have their own governments, economies, and cultures. • There are countries within continents and cities within countries. • Our country is the United States of America, our continent is North America, and our state is Alabama. • There are several cities in Alabama: • Montgomery • Birmingham • Mobile • Huntsville

  6. World MAP U.S China

  7. Physical maps • A visual representation of an area that shows geography, topography, and others.

  8. Political Maps Political maps are designed to show governmental boundaries of countries, states and counties. They can also indicate the location of major cities, and they usually include significant bodies of water.

  9. ALABAMA Political map and physical map Political Physical

  10. Latitude & Longitude • Latitude: the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator, or of a celestial object north or south of the celestial equator, usually expressed in degrees and minutes. • Longitude: the angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.

  11. vocabulary words • States • Continents • Maps • Equator • Oceans • Sea • Latitude • Longitude • You will take a quiz on Quizlet that will require you to practice these words.

  12. Google maps • Google maps online navigation system • Its maps are physical maps • Several features

  13. spaazeboard instructions • Online bulletin board • You can create your own project • Be Creative! • Project will need the following: • its latitude and longitude • country • political and physical map  • continent  • three pictures of the city

  14. To find the information • You may use Google • Google Images • Google Maps • Google Earth • National Geographic website for pictures • Spaaze.com for your bulleting board

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