The Classroom mapping collection
Classroom mapping for teachers
Choose a tool, plan a lesson and help students turn a question about places into a map they can explain.
A useful path through the guides
Plan your next class
Start with the part of the teaching workflow you need.
Teacher preparation
Prepare the lesson
Work through tool choice, classroom setup, privacy and accessibility.
Lesson planning
Choose a question
Adapt a mapping activity for your subject and learning goal.
Student production
Guide and assess the work
Take a student map from research question to evidence, presentation and assessment.
Go straight to your task
What would you like to do?
Choose the tool and prepare
Set up the teaching workflow before students begin making maps.
Find a lesson or project model
Choose a geographic question and adapt a model to your class.
Browse lessons & projectsSupport research and assess the map
Connect map making with source checking, collaboration and a clear finish line.
Put the ideas to work
Resources for your next project
Student map project rubric
A printable framework for feedback and revision.
Explore the resourceA written map project walkthrough
Follow a fictional example from question to presentation.
Explore the resourceMiddle-school mapping activities
Adapt projects across geography, history, science and more.
Explore the resourceFind a mapping tutorial
Choose a task and follow an existing guide.
Explore the resourceThe complete collection
All 7 guides
Every guide in this collection, newest published first.
Student Google Treks Examples for Science, Math, Language Arts, and Art
Google Maps vs My Maps vs Google Earth: Which Should You Use?
Google Maps for teachers: prepare the map, then teach the lesson
Mapping lesson ideas you can teach without a GIS degree
Research, cite and organize a mapping project
Student map projects: from a research question to a finished map
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