GEOGRAPHY
Links for Galactic Address book
Internet Links
Visit this site with a partner. Discuss the different ways each map deals with
size of continents and putting a round shape on a flat surface. What can you
see really well and what would be hard about using each map to do or see?
Choose 5 to share with the class. Be ready to explain what you noticed about
each map.
Different kinds of Maps
Pictures and facts about our Universe
Universe
Great place for maps of each continent
Continents
Find pictures and drawings of EARTH, the Milky Way Galaxy and nice pictures of
Space
Earth and Galaxy or Space
Great map of Cumberland County!
Cumberland County
Great map of the counties of Maine and also great map showing the
shape/outline of the town of Falmouth (and other towns) in Cumberland County.
Town of Falmouth and Cumberland County
Small map of Falmouth, Maine
with some interesting facts about the town.
Falmouth
Picture of our school from the school website
Falmouth Middle School
Location of Maine on the U.S. map
Maine in the U.S.
Scroll down for a nice picture of New England states
New England Region
Nice spinning globe focusing on the Western and Northern hemisphere.
North West Hemisphere
GREAT photographic view of the whole northwest hemisphere
Northwest Hemisphere
Nice photo of Earth, plus links to other photos space like
EARTH!
Other Resources
Here are some other resources that you can't find on the internet.
*Use an Atlas
*Get a map from the town office
*Look in magazines for pictures of the EARTH or SPACE/Planets to cut out
*Use a digital camera to take a photo of our school, hallway, door,classroom
and your seat