Maps! Maps! Maps!  3rd Grade Scavenger Hunt

Name:  ________________________

Directions:  Click on the Internet sites in blue (purple).  Then,
answer the questions below.

 
 http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/maps1/ne.gif A relief map of Nebraska
 http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/maps_bw/ne_bw.gif A relief map of Nebraska

1.  How are these two maps the same and how are they
     different?

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 http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/National_
parks/Homestead_95.jpg
Map of Homestead National Monument

2. Click on the Internet address above.  Draw a box for
    each map  symbol below.

Example:  Trail= a white box with a line through it

Tall grass= ___________________________________

Woodland= ___________________________________

Osage orange hedgerow= _______________________

3.  What is the state road number that you see on the map.

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 http://www.indo.com/distance/ An interactive site that will give the distance between two places.

4.  Click on the site above.  It will give the miles between  two cities.

     Type in the following cities:
 
Two Cities
Miles Between
Omaha, Nebraska and San Antonio, Texas =
Omaha, Nebraska and San Francisco, California =
Omaha, Nebraska and London, England =
Omaha, Nebraska and Lincoln, Nebraska =
.________________  and __________________ =
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Author: Barb Jones
Revised 6/23/00