Materials for Use With the National Geographic Map of Arizona (Tucson and Yuma based maps)

GiantMapActivities
Lesson Plan Content
Description: 
This is a variety of materials created by National Geographic to be used with the giant Arizona map. These materials are only appropriate for the Nat Geo maps based in Tucson and Yuma.
Author: 
National Geographic Education Foundation
Grade Range: 
K-12
Lesson Materials
Teacher Instructions: 
application/pdf iconInformation on Spatial Thinking
application/pdf icon8.5 by 11 inch image of National Geographic Arizona Map
Student Materials: 
application/pdf iconCompass Rose for Use on the Map
application/pdf icon8.5 by 11 inch Legend for Use on the Map
application/pdf icon11 by 17 inch Scavenger Hunt for Use on the Map
Related Links: 
AzGA Survey after Using the Giant Map
Standards
Arizona Geography Concepts: 
1: The World in Spatial Terms
2: Places and Regions
6: Geographic Applications
National Geography Standards: 
1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information
2: How to use mental maps (a person's internalized picture of a part of Earth's surface) to organize information about people places, and environments
3: How to analyze the spatial organization of people places, and environments on Earth's surface
4: The physical and human characteristics of places
17: How to apply geography to interpret the past
18: How to apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future