Maps and Places

A map is a picture of a place seen from above. Symbols, a key and colors tell us what is there.

1. What Is a Map?
2. A Bird's-Eye View
3. A Map of a Room
4. Map Symbols
5. The Map Key
6. Colors on a Map
7. The Parts of a Map

Words for where things are, the four cardinal directions, the compass rose, and the in-between directions.

1. Where Is It?
2. North, South, East and West
3. The Compass Rose
4. Following Directions on a Map
5. In-Between Directions
6. The Sun Shows the Way
7. Using a Compass

Finding a square on a grid map, following a route, and using a scale bar to tell how far.

1. Finding a Square on a Grid
2. Name the Square
3. Routes on a Map
4. How Far? The Scale Bar

An address, the places we live inside one another, towns and cities, states, our country and its capital.

1. An Address
2. Places Inside Places
3. City, Suburb and Country
4. The United States and Its States
5. Capital Cities
6. Our Neighbors: Canada and Mexico

Mountains, valleys and plains; islands and peninsulas; oceans, lakes, rivers and bays; deserts and forests.

1. Land and Water
2. Mountains, Hills and Valleys
3. Plains and Plateaus
4. Islands and Peninsulas
5. Oceans, Lakes and Rivers
6. A River's Journey
7. Bays, Gulfs and Coasts
8. Opposite Pairs
9. Deserts, Forests and Grasslands

The globe, the seven continents and five oceans, the equator, the poles and the hemispheres.

1. The Globe
2. Globe or Flat Map?
3. The Seven Continents
4. Find the Continents
5. The Five Oceans
6. Animals Around the World
7. The Equator
8. The North and South Poles
9. Halves of the World