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North South East West North South East West North South West Grade East North South East West North South Scholastic Success With Maps East West North South East West North South East West North South East West North South East West Map Basics North South East West North South Understanding Directions The World on a Globe South East East West North West Intermediate Directions North South South Using a Map Grid East West North 10 Understanding Distance 12 East West North South East West Learning About Scale 14 Using a Map Scale East West North 16 North South South Comparing Maps 18 East West West The United StatesNorth South East 20 North America 22 North South East West North South South America 24 Landforms North South East 26 East West West Using a Landform Map 28 North South South A Resource Map East West North 30 A Rainfall Map North South East 32 East West West A History Map 34 North South South A Tourist Map East West North 36 A City Map 38 East West North South East West A Transit Map 40 Map Review East West North 42 North South South Map Review 43 East North West ThinkingWest About Maps South East 44 Glossary 45 North South East West North South Answers 47 East West North South East West BY L INDA WARD BEECH North South East West North South North South East West North South East West North South East West North South East West North South East West North South East West Scholastic Sucess With Maps (Grade 3) © Linda Ward Beech, Scholastic Teaching Resources Contents Map Basics Helpful Hint Scholastic Sucess With Maps (Grade 3) © Linda Ward Beech, Scholastic Teaching Resources A map is a drawing of a place from above A map can show all of Earth or just a small part of it The map on this page shows a community Sometimes a map key is called a legen d Mill Town Long Drive Market Street Doe Avenue R iv er Sable River Roa d Park Drive Grand Street Map Key River Library Bridge Fire house Hospital Store Park Playground School N W S E S eet r Str e m um N W E S A map has symbols on it A symbol is a drawing that stands for something real A symbol can also be a color or a pattern To learn what a map’s symbols stand for, check the map key The map key tells what each symbol means What is the name of this community? What does the symbol What is the symbol for a park? What body of water runs through the park? stand for? Roa d How you get across the river? On what street are most of the stores? Name three buildings you would see if you walked along Market Street On what street is the hospital? Mill Town needs a new playground Create your own symbol in the space at right and then draw it on the map and in the key Map Key Scholastic Sucess With Maps (Grade 3) © Linda Ward Beech, Scholastic Teaching Resources R iv er Sable River river bridge hospital park school library fire house store playground N W S E Doe Avenue Mill Town Use the map and map key to answer these questions Understanding Directions North Scholastic Sucess With Maps (Grade 3) © Linda Ward Beech, Scholastic Teaching Resources This picture shows a globe A globe is a model of Earth A globe is the same shape as Earth but much smaller North Pole West East Read the labels on the globe The North and South poles help you tell directions North is toward the North Pole South is toward the South Pole When you face north, east is to your right West is to your left South Pole South N A compass rose is a symbol that shows the four main directions on a map On a compass rose the letters N, S, E, and W stand for the four directions W E The most northern place on the globe is the The On a compass rose, the letter W stands for The direction East is sometimes written as N S E W S Complete these sentences W N S is the most southern N place on a globe W E on a compass rose S N W S Shoreline Hotel Beach Ball Hotel Lake Lane The four s main direction are known as “cardinal” directions Lakeview Clothing Shop Shore Drive Lakeview Restaurant Gift Shop Long Lake This map shows Lakeview Use the compass rose to help answer these questions N W Is the lake on the north or south side of Lakeview? In which direction are the hotels from the lake? Map Key Scholastic Sucess With Maps (Grade 3) © Linda Ward Beech, Scholastic Teaching Resources Helpful Hint Jane Street Jackson Road E Hotel Gas station Lake Restaurant Cafe Shop S Word Search Find and circle the four main directions In which direction is the gift shop from the restaurant? Can you go north on Jackson Road? What building is east of the gas station? R H L O P E T S E W A R Q N Y S O U T H T N Z Y L N W S E Helpful Hint The World on a Globe “Hemi” means half A “hemisphere ” is half of a sphere Scholastic Sucess With Maps (Grade 3) © Linda Ward Beech, Scholastic Teaching Resources A globe shows all of Earth You can see Earth’s continents and oceans on a globe The equator is an imaginary line that circles the globe halfway between the North and South poles The equator divides Earth into two halves called hemispheres The northern half is the Northern Hemisphere What you think the southern half is called? Earth can also be divided into Western and Eastern Hemispheres Study the hemispheres on the globes North Pole Atlantic Ocean Equator South America Antarctica South Pole Southern Hemisphere Does the equator run through North America? What are the seven continents? What are the four oceans? In what hemispheres is most of South America? E Pacific Ocean Equator N S Asia Africa Pacific Ocean W Arctic Ocean Europe North America Western Hemisphere North Pole Northern Hemisphere Indian Ocean Australia Antarctica South Pole Eastern Hemisphere Western Hemisphere N Eastern Hemisphere 0° N W W E ARCTIC OCEAN S S N N EUROPE NORTH AMERICA ASIA ATLANTIC OCEAN PA WC I F I C OCEAN AFRICA Scholastic Sucess With Maps (Grade 3) © Linda Ward Beech, Scholastic Teaching Resources 0° Equator PACIFIC OCEAN E W S SOUTH AMERICA S INDIAN OCEAN AUSTRALIA A N T A R C T I C A A globe is the best way to show what Earth looks like However, globes are not so easy to carry around So people use flat maps to represent Earth, too Study the globes and map, then answer the questions Is Asia in the Eastern or Western Hemisphere? What ocean is entirely north of the equator? On the map, is east to the right or to the left? The North Pole is at the The area south of the equator is called the Southern Code Word of the globe Fill in the blanks with the first letter of the answers for questions 1-5 to figure out the secret code word N W S E Intermediate Directions Scholastic Sucess With Maps (Grade 3) © Linda Ward Beech, Scholastic Teaching Resources You know that a compass rose has four main directions A compass rose can show intermediate directions, too Intermediate directions are between the main directions For example, the direction between north and west is northwest Letters sometimes stand for the intermediate directions on a compass rose For example, NE stands for northeast N NW NE W E SW S Answer these questions What direction is between south and east? What direction is between north and east? What direction is opposite of northwest? W What the letters NW stand for on a compass rose? What letters stand for southwest? S N N W E SE E S This map shows an intersection An intersection is where two roads cross Water Street Scholastic Sucess With Maps (Grade 3) © Linda Ward Beech, Scholastic Teaching Resources Find the bank on the map It is east of Water Street and north of Central Avenue So the bank is on the northeast corner of the intersection Town hall N NW NE Bank W Central Avenue E SW SE S Supermarket Hospital Color each compass rose to show the correct direction N W E S N N N NW W E S NE InWwhat direction is E the town hall from SW SE the hospital? S W E You ran out of money at the supermarket In which direction you go to get more? In which direction would you go from the supermarket to the town hall? S N N W E W E S N N On which corner is E the Wsupermarket? NW N S W E N S NE N N W W E W E On which corner is SE theSWhospital? E W E S S N N S S N N W W E E W E W S S S E Using a Map Grid Some maps have a grid on them Scholastic Sucess With Maps (Grade 3) © Linda Ward Beech, Scholastic Teaching Resources A grid is a pattern of lines that cross to form squares Each square on a grid has a letter and a number Find the letter A at the left side of the map Then locate the number along the top of the map The first square in the top row is A1 Now find A2 Use the map to answer these questions Helpful Hint A grid makes it easier to pinpoint place s on a map Map Key N A Gainsville W Store E School S What building is in D1? Park Brick Avenue B Apartment building In which square is the police station? D Main Street Meda Place Pear Street C Lima Street Library Fire department Police Station Movie theater Gas station Name all the squares that Lima Street runs through In which squares is the school located? Can you buy gas in C5? N W 10 S E A History Map Scholastic Sucess With Maps (Grade 3) © Linda Ward Beech, Scholastic Teaching Resources You can learn about the past from a map The map on this page shows the Oregon Trail This was a route that pioneers followed when they traveled west in the 1840s A route is a way to go from one place to another In the 1840s people did not have airplanes or cars They traveled in covered wagons pulled by oxen Some pioneers rode on horses or walked alongside the wagons Most pioneers met in Independence, Missouri, and formed groups The groups traveled together in wagon trains Oregon Trail PACIFIC OCEAN Co WASHINGTON lu m Portland Mis souri b i a Ri v er C Y Independence Rock Fort Laramie R i v er N EVADA Lake Oregon Trail River U TAH Mountain Fort Bridger Pla tte Riv e r C OLORADO A RIZONA S 34 S E KANSAS Independence N EW MEXICO N I OWA N EBRASKA I N CALIFORNIA T A U N M O Map Key Great Salt Great Lake Salt S OUTH DAKOTA W YOMING K k e Three Island Crossing City or town W MINNESOTA N ORTH DAKOTA O Sn a N S UNITED STATES R I DAHO O REGON E R iver M ONTANA Oregon City W CANADA OKLAHOMA TEXAS Helpful Hint Scholastic Sucess With Maps (Grade 3) © Linda Ward Beech, Scholastic Teaching Resources Use the map to answer these questions In what direction did the trail go from Independence to Portland? What river flows by Independence? After Independence, what was the first town along the trail? What mountains did the Oregon Trail cross? Find Three Island Crossing On what river is it? Why you think the Oregon Trail does not follow a straight line? The wagon trains left Independence in May for the five-month trip Why you think it was important to start then? In 1840 most of the land west of the Mississippi Riv er was not yet divided into states Word Scramble Below are the names of four present-day states that the Oregon trail passed through Can you figure out what they are? NOROGE AIHDO ARBNAKSE ANSSKA N W 35 S E A Tourist Map A tourist is someone who travels for fun Scholastic Sucess With Maps (Grade 3) © Linda Ward Beech, Scholastic Teaching Resources If you have ever been a tourist, you know that it is handy to have a map of the place you are visiting A tourist map shows a place of interest and highlights the special things to see and there Saguaro West is in the Sonoran Desert This land was set aside as a park because of the special plants and animals that live there This map shows a large park in Arizona called Saguaro West Map Key A R I Z O N A Ranger station Picnic area B a a ja d Hiking trail oad SAGUARO NATIONAL MONUMENT (WEST) Lo Sendero Esperanza Trail Red Hills Information Center HILLS D RE K i n n ey Road N W 36 S E Paved road Unpaved road Waterhole Hills Mountain Sweetwater Trail riv e D op Valley View Trail Mile Wide Road Rocks R Gold en G a te R o ad Sandario Road Picture N NW Hugh Norris Trail NE W TUCSON MOU NTA INS King Canyon Trail E SW SE S Helpful Hint Scholastic Sucess With Maps (Grade 3) © Linda Ward Beech, Scholastic Teaching Resources Saguaro is the name of a large cactus Study the map, then answer these questions What does the symbol In what part of the park is the Ranger Station? From the Ranger Station, how would you drive to the northernmost picnic area? What kind of plants would you expect to see in this park? What does this symbol mean? mean? Why might animals come there? What road cuts through the park on the west side going from north to south? N W 37 S E A City Map 110th St Central Park Madison Ave Park Ave Lexington Ave Central Park West Columbus Ave Amsterdam Ave What river runs along the west side of Manhattan? 96th St 34th St The direction the streets run is East Rive r 5th Ave 6th Ave 7th Ave 9th Ave 8th Ave 10th Ave 42nd St 3rd Ave 2nd Ave 1st Ave Along the east side? 79th St 59th St 11th Ave West End Ave Scholastic Sucess With Maps (Grade 3) © Linda Ward Beech, Scholastic Teaching Resources Part of this city is on the island of Manhattan The map shows some of the main streets in Manhattan Use the map to answer the questions Broadway Welcome to New York City! 23rd St 14th St The avenues run from to t iv e son R Hud to Broadway from Cana lS r t One of the oldest streets is Wall Street In which part of Manhattan is it? Wall St N W E S N W 38 S E Empire State Building S Houston Wall St N W E S Empire State Building United Nations Lincoln Center Metropolitan Museum of Art Battery Park Scholastic Sucess With Maps (Grade 3) © Linda Ward Beech, Scholastic Teaching Resources Central Park New York Public Library Helpful Hint As you move north in Manhattan, the numbers of the streets get higher Javits Center Many of New York’s streets form a grid pattern This grid makes it easier to find places in the city For example, the Empire State Building is on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 34th Street Use the map to answer the questions What street runs along the southern part of Central Park? What avenues run along the east and west sides of the park? Find the New York Public Library On what corner is it found? On which side of the city is the United Nations? Find the Empire State Building In which direction would you walk to get to the Javits Center? Why you think the streets of New York City are numbered? N W 39 S E A Transit Map Helpful Hint How you get to school? How people in your family get to work? San Francisco is located on a peninsula between San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean The transit map on this page shows BART trains in San Francisco, California BART stands for Bay Area Rapid Transit The map shows the routes that BART trains take to connect San Francisco to communities around it d on Map Key R BART station Concord-Daly City route RichmondFremont route Fremont-Daly City route Richmond-Daly City route Oakland y le MacArthur (Transfer) Oakland City Center (Transfer) Da ly PACIFIC OCEAN e rk Be h y t or le N r ke y e B shb A m ich San Francisco San Francisco Bay Ci t y rd wa y a H i Un N NW NE W E SW SE S Use the map to answer these questions What does this symbol What color is the Richmond-Fremont Route? On what line is the Pleasant Hill stop? N W 40 S E rd l nco Hil Co nt asa Ple Scholastic Sucess With Maps (Grade 3) © Linda Ward Beech, Scholastic Teaching Resources In many communities people use public transportation They take buses or trains to get from one part of the community to another A transit map shows the route a bus or train takes stand for on this map? on ty Ci t on em Fr The BART lines come together and form a kind of X Scholastic Sucess With Maps (Grade 3) © Linda Ward Beech, Scholastic Teaching Resources Find the Oakland City Center stop Do you see the word “transfer” after it? At a transfer stop, passengers can change from one line to another Can you travel on the same train to get from Concord to Daly City? What are the stops at the end of each BART line? What is special about the MacArthur stop? What BART line does not go into San Francisco? In which direction the BART lines go from Daly City to Oakland? What body of water three of the BART lines cross? 10 Without BART, how you think people could get from Oakland to San Francisco? Design a Symbol BART is looking for a new symbol to show transfer stations on its map Use this space to draw your own symbol N W 41 S E Map Review Darwin Gr Scholastic Sucess With Maps (Grade 3) © Linda Ward Beech, Scholastic Teaching Resources Perth Canberra Melbourne TASMANIA W QUEENSLAND SOUTH AUSTRALIA NEW SOUTH WALES Sydney Canberra Adelaide N NW Townsville E Melbourne VICTO Hobart SE TASMANIA S Use the map to answer the questions What does the symbol stand for? What is the national capital of Australia? Does Australia get more rain along the coasts or inland? What oceans surround Australia? On which part of the continent is New South Wales? Check the words that are true for Australia: continent country island N W 42 42 S E About how much rain a year does Alice Springs get? Part of Australia is desert About how much rain you think this part of the country gets? Sydn NE VICTORIA SW ef Alice Springs Brisbane Re PACIFIC NORTHERN TERRITORY OCEAN NEW SOUTH WALES Perth Adelaide ie r arr tB ea ef Townsville National capital TERRITORY INDIAN State or territorial OCEANQUEENSLAND Alice capital Springs WESTERN Other city AUSTRALIA State or territorial SOUTH WESTERN border AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA Average Yearly Rainfall N inches Measured in NW NE More than 30 W 20 to 30 E 10 to 20 SW to 10 SE Less Sthan Gr NORTHERN Re Average Yearly Rainfall Measured in inches More than 30 20 to 30 10 to 20 to 10 Less than Map Key Darwin ie r INDIAN OCEAN arr tB ea Map Key National capital State or territorial capital Other city State or territorial border Hobart Map Review OREGON N Map Key State capital E W SAN FERNANDO VALLEY National border State border S Hollywood Sacramento San Francisco NEVADA CALIFORNIA W PACIFIC OCEAN 0 100 200 Miles Los Angeles 300 Kilometers inch = 200 miles LOS ANGELES N ARIZONA Scholastic Sucess With Maps (Grade 3) © Linda Ward Beech, Scholastic Teaching Resources Other city Airport S 0 San Diego 10 Miles 16 Kilometers inch = 10 miles PACIFIC OCEAN MEXICO Map 1: California E Map 2: Los Angeles Use the maps to answer these questions Which map shows a larger place? How many miles does one inch stand for on the map of California? About how many miles is it from Sacramento to San Diego? What body of water is to the west of California? How many miles does one inch stand for on the map of Los Angeles? What states border California on the east? What is the capital of California? What does this symbol stand for? N W 43 S E Thinking About Maps Scholastic Sucess With Maps (Grade 3) © Linda Ward Beech, Scholastic Teaching Resources You have learned many things about maps Think about some of the things that you now know 10 Across “Southeast” is an _ direction a dividing line between states or countries lines that cross to form squares on a map South America is a water that is completely surrounded by land _ helps you measure distance on a map The United States is located in the northern _ Coal is a natural This symbol shows directions Hills and plateaus are kinds of _ 11 N 44 S E Down 10 W a narrow valley with steep sides 11 how far one place is from another Scholastic Sucess With Maps (Grade 3) © Linda Ward Beech, Scholastic Teaching Resources Glossary bay A bay is part of an ocean or sea that is partly surrounded by land A bay is smaller than a gulf border A border shows where places begin and end It is a dividing line between places canyon A canyon is a narrow valley with high, steep sides compass rose A compass rose is a symbol that shows the four main directions on a map distance Distance is how far it is from one place to another equator The equator is an imaginary line that circles the globe halfway between the North and South poles globe A globe is a model of Earth grid A grid is a pattern of lines that cross to form squares gulf A gulf is part of an ocean or sea that is partly surrounded by land hemisphere A hemisphere is a half of Earth Earth can be divided into Northern and Southern hemispheres or Eastern and Western hemispheres inset map An inset map is a small map in a box that is shown with a larger map intermediate directions Intermediate directions are between the main directions The direction between south and east is southeast intersection An intersection is where two roads cross or intersect N W 45 S E island An island is land that is completely surrounded by water Scholastic Sucess With Maps (Grade 3) © Linda Ward Beech, Scholastic Teaching Resources landform A landform is the shape of land such as a mountain A landform map is sometimes called a relief map map key A map key is a list of symbols used on a map A map key is also called a legend natural resource A natural resource is something found in nature that people use peninsula A peninsula is land that is surrounded by water on all but one side plateau A plateau is high, flat land It is sometimes called a tableland rainfall Rainfall is water that falls to Earth in the form of rain, snow, sleet, and hail Rainfall is also called precipitation N W 46 S E route A route is a way to go from one place to another scale A scale is a kind of ruler that helps you measure distance on a map symbol A symbol is a drawing that stands for something real A symbol can also be a color or a pattern tourist map A tourist map shows interesting places and highlights things to see and transit map A transit map shows the route that a bus or train takes valley A valley is low land that runs between mountains or hills Scholastic Sucess With Maps (Grade 3) © Linda Ward Beech, Scholastic Teaching Resources Answers PAGES 2–3: Mill Town hospital grass Sable River bridge Doe Avenue fire house, school, library Grand Street PAGE 4: North Pole South Pole west E PAGE 5: south north east no clothing shop PAGES 6: no North America, South America, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica, Europe Indian, Arctic, Pacific, Atlantic Western and Southern PAGE 7: Eastern Arctic right top Hemisphere Code word: Earth PAGE 8: southeast northeast southeast northwest SW PAGE 9: north southeast southwest north northwest PAGE 15: 125 feet 100 feet 75 feet about 150 feet 200 feet PAGE 10: library D4 A2, B2, C2, D2 D4, D5 yes PAGES 16–17: 150 200 300 shorter Amarillo less kilometers 500 800 10 kilometers PAGE 11: fire department A5 A5, B5, C5, D5 store go to the movies My tour: apartment building; library; store; park; movie theater PAGE 12: boat house stable office arts and crafts tennis court PAGE 13: 25 miles 45 miles Luna City Clark City to Dover to Luna City to Terra View; 81 miles Far HIlls PAGE 14: 40 feet 10 feet 10 feet 30 feet PAGES 18–19: Minnesota 150 miles Map 1,000 miles about 2,500 1,500 miles North America more land is shown on Map Map PAGES 20–21: Mississippi Kansas and Nebraska Lake Erie Mississippi River Alaska and Hawaii Juneau west North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, California PAGE 22: south Belize, Guatemala Canada Alaska Atlantic; Pacific Arctic Ottawa Rio Grande N W 47 47 S E PAGE 24: c b c b c a a c Scholastic Sucess With Maps (Grade 3) © Linda Ward Beech, Scholastic Teaching Resources PAGE 26: mountain, hill, plateau canyon, valley Both are low land A valley doesn’t have as high, steep walls as a canyon, and it isn’t as narrow as a canyon PAGE 27: It is more sheltered; the water might be calmer Both are partially enclosed by land peninsula An island is completely surrounded by water while a peninsula is surrounded except for one side An island is surrounded by water A lake is surrounded by land PAGE 28: valley red plateau Mississippi River east and south PAGE 29: north Kodiak Alaska Peninsula mountains Yukon PAGE 30: People use them to make things roads, sandboxes, concrete because natural gas burns N W 48 S E PAGE 31: true true false false true true PAGES 32–33: 38 to 40 inches of rain a year north and west 40 to 44 Houlton Lewiston greater less than 38 PAGES 34–35: northwest Missouri River Fort Laramie Rocky Mountains Snake River The trail followed rivers and valleys The weather was better during spring and summer Word scramble: Oregon, Idaho, Nebraska, Kansas PAGES 36–37: picnic area southwest Take Kinney Road to Bajada Loop heading northeast Go right onto Golden Gate Road Then turn left on Picture Rocks Road Saguaro cacti waterhole; to drink Sandario Road PAGES 38–39: Hudson River; East River east to west north to south southern 59th Street; Fifth Avenue and Central Park West Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street east west It is easier to find places PAGES 40-41: Fremont-Daly City Route blue Concord-Daly City yes Concord, Daly City, Richmond, Fremont It’s a transfer stop where people can change trains Richmond-Fremont northeast San Francisco Bay 10 over bridges, by boat, by plane PAGE 42: to 10 inches of rain coasts 10 to 20 inches less than inches a year Canberra Indian, Pacific southeast All are true PAGE 43: Map 200 10 Sacramento 500 Pacific Ocean Nevada, Arizona national border PAGE 44: C A N Y O N O I N T E R M E T E G R I D S N O L E U N R T C E H B O S R C D D I A T E I L R S E T A K E N C E M I S P H E L A N D F O R E M C O M P A S S R O S E ... B N W 17 S E Comparing Maps Scholastic Sucess With Maps (Grade 3) © Linda Ward Beech, Scholastic Teaching Resources Maps can show places of different sizes Look at the maps on these pages One... symbol stand for? N W 43 S E Thinking About Maps Scholastic Sucess With Maps (Grade 3) © Linda Ward Beech, Scholastic Teaching Resources You have learned many things about maps Think about some... mountains Yukon PAGE 30 : People use them to make things roads, sandboxes, concrete because natural gas burns N W 48 S E PAGE 31 : true true false false true true PAGES 32 ? ?33 : 38 to 40 inches of