Third Grade Map Components

• Social Studies
• 3rd Grade

Third Grade Map Components

What do you already know about maps and directions?

What can maps be used for in the real world?

Raise your hand in Lesson Up and write the answer down when you are done. 

Raise your hand in Lesson Up and write the answer down when you have an answer.

The ______________ are Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, and Southwest.

1. cardinal directions
2. compass rose
3. title
4. intermediate directions

A _____________ shows how to measure the real distance between two places on a map.

1. map scale
2. map key
3. compass rose
4. grid

The _______________ divides the Earth into the Western and Eastern hemispheres.

1. prime meridian
2. equator
3. longitude
4. latitude

The__________ are North, South, East, and West.

1. intermediate directions
2. cardinal directions
3. compass rose
4. symbols

What is the name of the imaginary line that is halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole?

1. Prime Meridian
2. the Northern Hemisphere
3. a line of longitude
4. Equator

OVERFISHING

The UN estimates ? of all fish species have already been overfished?

Cardinal Directions

Longitude

Lattitude

Map Scale

Intermediate Directions

Map Key/Legend

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Extra Challenge!

Find the following on our map of our community if you can. Write how many grid spaces over you have to go to reach there from the school?

Refer Teachers Guide for Learning Activities.

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Which grid is the school located in?

Which grid is your home in if it's on the map?

How far away is the Mission Viejo Library by the grid from the school and in what direction(s)?

Which direction is Mission Viejo Park from the school?