Links

Here are some excellent (free and ad-free) electronic resources for Maps, Mind-Boggling Software, Lesson Plans, and more...

- Polaris Project - North Star (website with relevant information on our topic, contains interactive tools)

- National Geographic (maps, games, lesson plans on our topic, and much more!)

- Google Earth (helps understand the complexity of the physical globe)

- Perry-Castañeda Library - Map Collection (maps and links to maps libraries)

- Wikipedia (a lot of information)

- Converting Addresses to/from Latitude/Longitude in One Step (double-check your results!)

- http://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Slatlong.htm (a useful pool of resources from NASA on our topic)

- Understanding Latitude and Longitude (a well developed worksheet for use in the classroom)