Let's Talk Geography: Maps & Globes helps students to understand and identify the different parts of maps and globes. Through colorful, animated maps children will learn about lines of longitude and latitude and how to locate different places on Earth. Students will also learn various skills such as how to use directions and how to read a compass rose and map key. In addition to map skills, important vocabulary words such as symbols, equator, hemisphere, Prime Meridian, continents and more are highlighted. Watching the program, children will come to understand the advantages and disadvantages of maps and globes.

Alternate title: Let's talk geography : all about maps and globes. Also available as Streaming media on Learn360.

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