Free Printable Maps from the USGS and National Geographic

The United States Geological Survey creates topographical maps of the United States.  The USGS maps can be downloaded for free from the USG...

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PAT - Free, Open Source, Portable Atlas

PAT  is a free collection of maps developed by Ian Macky. The collection includes maps of  every country  in the world.The collection also i...

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Three Good Ways to Use Word Clouds With Students

Last week's Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week featured two good tools for creating custom word clouds. Throughout the week people have ...

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How Does a Canyon Become Grand? - And Other Lessons on the Shaping of North America

Earlier this month TED-Ed published a new lesson about how the physical geography of North America has changed over time. The lesson, titled...

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Mission Mapquest - Create a Map Game That Can Be Played on iPads

Mission MapQuest  is a great map game creation tool developed by friend Russel Tarr for his  ClassTools.net  website. The concept behind Mis...

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GeoQuiz - A Talking Map Quiz

There is certainly not a shortage of map quiz on games on the Internet. GeoGuessr and Spacehopper have been two of my favorites for a long ...

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Three Ways for Students to Compare the Sizes of Countries and States

My students here in Maine always think of our state as being a big place and it is relative to the rest of New England. Compared to our frie...

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