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The Atlas of the Biosphere is a series of maps about land use, human impacts on the environment, eco systems, and water resources. Click on any of the four map categories to see a series of maps related to each topic. You will find maps depicting data for the whole world as well as maps depicting data by continent. In addition to the maps, you can also download the data sets from which the maps were created. Here's a sample of some of the maps and data sets you will find on the Atlas of the Biosphere; infant mortality, suitability for agriculture, growing degree days, and snow depth.

"World Mapper hosts nearly 700 informative maps and posters. The maps are based on economic, scientific, and demographic data sets. "

Maps for various things...economic, population, ancestry, empires.....

"More than 10 million Americans moved from one county to another during 2008. The map below visualizes those moves. Click on any county to see comings and goings: black lines indicate net inward movement, red lines net outward movement."

Teaching American History has a series of interactive lessons about the American Revolution that are suitable for middle school and elementary school use. The lessons are divided into three chronological sections; 1775-1778, 1778-1781, and Treaty of Paris 1783. All of the lessons in the first two sections ask students to locate a place on a map. Students then answer a question about that place. After answering the question students are given a short text lesson. The lessons appear in chronological order. In the section on the Treaty of Paris students move through a series of placemarks on a map to learn about the terms of the Treaty of Paris.

3D maps for health

"Mapped to state standards. Students practice what you cover, using intelligent questions, hints and video lessons. "

Over 60,000 pieces of free educational clipart are available for school projects from Clipart ETC. Select a category of illustrations below to get started. You may wish to bookmark this page so you can easily return to our collection of clipart, drawings, artwork, pictures, and other illustrations.