Map Skills Worksheets - Types of Maps, Cardinal Directions, Scale, Reading Maps

This pack of activities for Grades 2 - 4 includes 28 pages of thoughtfully designed printables to engage your students while they practice these basic concepts. You’ll find these ready-to-use pages to be easy to implement and thorough in scope.

This resource includes opportunities for your students to acquire information from a variety of maps, to use map elements including the compass rose and scale, and to create their own maps within a defined (and easy to use) set of directions. There’s just enough room for creativity and active engagement to make map skills fun!

Included in this pack:

• Different Types of Maps

- Reading Passage: Different Kinds of Maps

- Using Political, Physical, Resource, Climate, and Road Maps

- Cut & Paste: Different Kinds of Maps (2 sorts)

• Using Cardinal Directions

- using cardinal directions on a variety of map types

• Using Intermediate Directions

- - using intermediate directions on a variety of map types

• Using Grid Maps

- using a letter/number grid system to determine location

• Using Scale

- using inch-to-feet and inch-to-miles scales to determine distances on a variety of maps

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