Explore Maps: Presentation Makeover

Imaginebeing

alon

e

strandedstranded

You have to find your way

home

Before…

I gave you

an island m

ap

island m

ap

Open it up for an

adventure

You don’t know whatwhat you’re looooking at?

physica

l

Colors, lines, and shading

show changes in elevation

Shows bodies of water like

rivers

Shows surface of land like

mountains

map

Where should you go?

Loo

k2 the

no

hiking ?

a swim ?

get

to the wate

r

fall

physical maps

show

natural

natural

features

features

physical maps

show

plac

es

plac

esgeography &

and help you

navigate

physica

l

Shows points of interest

Walk this way to the waterfall

map

x

You m

ade

it!

Now WHAT?

What was that

FLYING ?

Let’s go

What’s

inside?

political

map

Look at all these colors!

Another

map

?

Really?

political maps

show

people features

people features

political map

Shows roads

Can show capitals and

cities

Shows territorial borders

political maps

help us understand

groups

political map

1. pink state 2. purple state

3. red state

boundaries

build

for political maps

People

Where do people

live on this i

sland?

Could

a g

roup

of

peop

le

help

us ge

t hom

e?

mountain people?

coastal people

?

river people

near the waterfall?

The mountain people

and

coasta

l people are

mean

political map

The river people said to row down

the river to the capital

You made it to the city!

mapsshow

a lot

of

INFORMINFORMation

General purpose maps helped us today

physical map political map

In the city, I bet there’s an SPPM store!

SPPM?

SPecial PurposeMaps are like a mall.

Anything you want!

Maybe you should check a sea level map?

a rainfall map ?

vegetation map ?

another adventure…

…But that’s

maps

are

out of

this

HOME ?…

RUN!

We’re done!