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Gray, Murray – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1981
Describes ways of teaching the initial steps of mapping on 1:10,000 scale base maps. Provides sample and exercises and discusses student pitfalls and solutions. (KC)
Descriptors: Cartography, Geography Instruction, Higher Education, Teaching Methods
Hamilton, Paula; And Others – Instructor, 1993
Presents hands-on activities to help teach elementary students map skills during Geography Awareness Week. The map skills are made fun by being incorporated into meaningful activities like learning about global resources, tracking the progress of sports teams, and conducting climate experiments in faraway places. (SM)
Descriptors: Cartography, Class Activities, Elementary Education, Geography Instruction

VanCleave, Janice – Science Activities, 1993
Describes geography activities for elementary students. In the first activity, students learn how to understand coordinates and use them to read maps. In the second activity, students learn the concepts of the legend as well as how to use it to find their way around on a map. (PR)
Descriptors: Cartography, Elementary Education, Geography, Learning Activities
Fryman, James F. – 1986
This document describes how to construct and compare choropleth maps for selected Iowa communities and the construction and use of scatter diagrams as a supplement to map comparisons. These tools can be used to compare social, economic, and political variations between neighborhoods and to determine if associations exist between selected…
Descriptors: Cartography, Community, Community Characteristics, Demography

Muessig, Raymond H. – Social Education, 1985
A step-by-step strategy for teaching secondary geography students about the concept of elevation using topographic maps is described. Students view slides of everyday examples of variations in elevation, produce a simple contour map using a layered model of a mountain, and analyze topographic maps of their own and other areas. (RM)
Descriptors: Cartography, Geography Instruction, Locational Skills (Social Studies), Map Skills

Walsh, Stephen J. – Journal of Geography, 1992
Suggests basic elements of spatial education appropriate to geographic information system (GIS) course curricula. Describes the need for integration of GIS education and GIS training. Discusses hardware/software configurations, approaches to the creation of laboratory facilities, and approaches, rationales, and technical considerations in the…
Descriptors: Cartography, Course Content, Courseware, Curriculum Development

Sullivan, Michael E. – Journal of Geography, 1993
Defines and describes the use of choropleth maps in geography instruction. Identifies the six basic steps for constructing choropleth maps and recommends their use in secondary classrooms. Includes five maps and two tables applying choropleth maps to Central American and Caribbean nations. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cartography, Classroom Techniques, Foreign Countries, Geographic Distribution

Soroka, Leonard G. – Science Teacher, 1993
Describes an exercise where a team of students constructs a scale map of objects located on their laboratory tabletop. Another group then tries to reorient the objects to fit the groups map. This leads to a discussion concerning the aspects of good and bad maps. (PR)
Descriptors: Cartography, Earth Science, High Schools, Learning Activities

Fazio, Russ P.; Keranen, Kathryn – Science Teacher, 1995
Describes how students in a geoscience course are introduced to geographic information systems (GIS), a computer-assisted system for the acquisition, storage, analysis, and display of geographic data, through a practical experience involving collecting data and inputting it into a GIS program called IDRISI. (MKR)
Descriptors: Cartography, Computer Uses in Education, Courseware, Data Collection

Jobin, Raymond A. – Journal of Geography, 1991
Presents a lesson plan that enables children to identify their community as a nodal region. Includes field trips, map tracing and comparison, discussion, and observation. Emphasizes children's analysis of the effect of rail transportation on their community. Suggests using the students' community as a geographic laboratory for hands-on experience.…
Descriptors: Cartography, Discussion, Elementary Education, Field Trips

Archbold, Norbert L.; Johnson, Robert E. – Journal of Geological Education, 1987
Presents a simple, inexpensive and realistic model which allows introductory geology students to obtain subsurface information through a simulated drilling experience. Offers ideas on additional applications to a variety of geologic situations. (ML)
Descriptors: Cartography, College Science, Geology, Higher Education

Lisle, Richard J. – Journal of Geological Education, 1980
Presents the steps for drawing a block-diagram from a map in the area of structural geology. The author recommends first platting on the orthographic net, all directional data with respect to geographical reference axes. (Author/SA)
Descriptors: Cartography, College Science, Geology, Higher Education

Paul, Bimal Kanti – Journal of Geography, 1993
Asserts that writing a critical atlas review is often a requirement for cartography courses because it forces students to think analytically about cartographic presentation and theory. Presents a choropleth map review exercise that can be used as an alternative to the atlas review or as an independent instructional activity. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cartography, Course Content, Educational Strategies, Geographic Concepts

Schulze, Melanie – Journal of Geography, 1996
Recommends making choropleth maps as a fun and interesting way to teach geographic concepts. Choropleth maps represent data and ratios (population density, voter registration) and can be constructed easily. Includes suggested activities and representative maps. (MJP)
Descriptors: Cartography, Data Interpretation, Geographic Concepts, Geography

Hull, Suzanne – Journal of Geography, 1994
Asserts that travelers' diaries are excellent primary sources that can be used to teach geography. Maintains that state historical societies and local archives are good sources for these documents. Includes lengthy excerpts from two diaries and a student worksheet. (CFR)
Descriptors: Archives, Cartography, Diaries, Geographic Concepts
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