The Importance of Grid

Author First Name: 
Dr. Chris
Author Last Name: 
Lukinbeal
Category: 
Student Geographic Literacy - Classroom Applications
Description: 
This video (1.21) reminds students that maps are based on a grid system and that the area to be mapped should be about 200 ft square.
Grade Range: 
5-12
Duration: 
1.21 minutes
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The Importance of Grid
Standards
National Geography Standards: 
1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatial technologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information
3: How to analyze the spatial organization of people places, and environments on Earth's surface