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"Google Maps has been out for 10 years now. Digital maps…starting with Mapquest has been out since 1996 (technically 1993 but mapquest was the first main stream map most people remember). For those of you keeping track that puts us almost 20 years into the digital mapping word. 20 years we have been using digital maps and yet for some reason digital maps have not replaced (there's that word again) mapping in our schools. In 2007…8 years ago now….Apple put a map in our pocket. Fast forward to 2015 and almost everyone has a digital map in their pocket. Pilots now fly with iPads, ship captains now navigate with GPS and digital maps. Truck drivers now drive via digital maps and GPS location. So basically every professional that needs to use maps is using digital maps. I'm not saying we need to stop teaching how to read a paper map…but really…that should be 10% of the mapping work a student does not 99%. With that in mind here are 10 ways you could use Google Maps in the classroom."

This tutorial shows you how to: Import data into your Maps application. Display that data on a map using simple markers. Use symbols and heatmaps to improve the appearance and legibility of your map, and to represent secondary information. At the end of this tutorial, you will have created a map that displays real-time earthquake data, including magnitude. You can use these same techniques with your own data source to help you tell a more powerful story with the Google Maps API.

printable maps, map maker kits, map maker interactive, mapping activities

"Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest.There are now nearly 700 maps"  This link goes to a map showing UNDERWEIGHT CHILDREN -- though you can switch to other statistics

How maps affect our worldview - interactive whiteboard stuff

"The United Nations Environment Program hosts a helpful interactive map displaying more than one hundred examples of environmental change around the world. Each placemark on the map has close-up views of the land and a story about environmental change at that location. For example, clicking on the placemark for Manaus, Brazil will reveal close-up imagery of site and detailed information about the environmental changes taking place. If you click through the links in the placemarks you can find the references used in constructing the information available through the map."

Great site for good-looking maps... download big beautiful images.

Great mapping tools for Geographers. Elevations, Distances, Areas, Perimeters and Profiles Coordinates export to: TXT, CSV, TAB Map export to: GPX, DXF, BLN, SHP Elevations source: USGS seamless dataset Last update: October 27, 2014 © 2006-2014 Zonum Solutions"

example of how a 6th (?) grade class used Google Maps to record a visit to San Francisco

draw on Google Maps - great for measurement, maths, planning journeys etc. Can download as PDF at the end

all about maps

introduction to maps -- slideshow

"It's about 11.7 million square miles, which is really big-big enough to fit the United States, China, India, Japan, and much of Europe within its borders. And that's precisely what Kai Krause did with this inventive map, "The True Size of Africa," which he describes as his contribution to "the fight against rampant Immappacy.""

a collaborative non-profit research venture -- one output of which is the Inglehart Values Map

animal units?

Uses google maps to look up an address. type in an address slowly letter by letter, space by space, and watch each time where it takes you.  When typing an address, type in the number, followed by the street, suburb, state, country. could be used for young children.