Spatial Thinking Skills

Author First Name: 
Dr. Chris
Author Last Name: 
Lukinbeal
Category: 
Educator Geographic Literacy - Tutorials and Resources
Description: 
This video (2.12 min) introduces the idea of spatial thinking and how it can be developed in students.
Grade Range: 
K-12
Duration: 
2.12 minutes
Standards
National Geography Standards: 
1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatial technologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate 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 in a spatial context