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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.

5-7 year olds
Pupils

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.

7-11 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection

Online maps from around the world from the Library of the University of Texas.

11-18 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

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.

5-16 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

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.

5-18 year olds
Teachers, Pupils, Parents

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.

6-9 year olds
Pupils

Mapzone

Mapzone can help your map reading skills. There are games to play and map resources for teachers.

11-14 year olds
Teachers, Pupils, Parents

Mapmaker Interactive

NatGeo Mapmaker Interactive from National Geographic has maps of countries providing lots of different information about each country.

11-18 year olds
Teachers, Pupils, Parents

3D Geography

A fantastic site packed with information about geography and free teaching resources. Fun things to make to help children understand geography.

7-16 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

The World Factbook

Maps and statistical information on many different countries. It details the geography, economy, communications, people, government of the nations featured.

11-18 year olds
Teachers, Pupils
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