If you dig straight down, where will you end up?
If you dig straight down, where will you end up? It’s a question many of us wonder so now you can see for yourself! As my husband points out, now we know the spot which is the farthest from us on earth. Interesting.
5000+ maps from various time periods
Complete Maps - If you like historical maps, this place is for you. Even if you’re not, it’s still interesting to see how things have changed over time.
Create your own digital map
planiglobe - online vector map creation - You specify what part of the world you want to map and the details to include. Pretty cool!
Map games and printable U.S. & world maps
Maps That Teach: Free U.S. and World Maps and Puzzles
Practice your US geography by dragging & dropping the 50 states in the right spot
50 States : Puzzle & Board : Jigga-Jigga.com
Trace “the most famous trips in history”
Wanderlust - Choose a trip (like Columbus in 1492, The Old Silk Road, Around the World in 80 Days, etc.), see it on the map and explore what happened during the journey.
How to make a city playmat from canvas
Amanda over at The Little Things has posted a great tutorial describing how to make this Canvas City. Talk about hours of fun! Amanda talks about using it as a handy travel toy. I’m sure some of you will use this as a springboard to many amazing things, like putting multiple pieces together to make a GIGANTIC city, or making one for trains (can you say Island of Sodor for Thomas and his friends? oh my, my boys would think they died and went to heaven!), or a farm or a barnyard or even ABC’s, use it to teach map skills, let ‘em make their own land of make believe, keep the preschoolers busy while you’re schooling the older ones…the list is endless.
Hat tip to my sister. Thanks Oosh!
