The Treasure Map
An animated story about children who find a treasure map. Great as a story or it could be used as a story writing idea. Good also for following directions. Best in full screen mode.
Map Reading Skills for Children
Top ideas and tips on how to promote children's interest in reading maps. It includes free downloadable activity cards.
Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
Online maps from around the world from the Library of the University of Texas.
Owl and Mouse Interactive Maps
Free good quality maps, to print out, of countries and every continent of the world. Excellent interactive maps where you roll over the countries to see country names and capital cities.
Google Earth
A truly amazing download which combines satellite imagery, maps and terrain to let you view the world's geography at the click of a mouse. Fly to your address or now you can even view the night sky. It can help children understand what a map view is.
Find Places on a Grid Map
Use this rainforest game to get some practise using coordinates on a map. Follow the instructions to find four locations on the map.
Mapzone
Mapzone can help your map reading skills. There are games to play and map resources for teachers.
Mapmaker Interactive
NatGeo Mapmaker Interactive from National Geographic has maps of countries providing lots of different information about each country.
3D Geography
A fantastic site packed with information about geography and free teaching resources. Fun things to make to help children understand geography.
The World Factbook
Maps and statistical information on many different countries. It details the geography, economy, communications, people, government of the nations featured.