Students typically get excited when the maps come out. Perhaps it's the thrill of learning about faraway places or planning where they may one day like to explore. Whatever the reason, keep kids interested in geography by incorporating the Daily Geography Practice Grade 5 Teacher's Edition from Evan-Moor.com into your social studies program. This simple to follow print teacher's edition includes 36 weekly map lessons that are fun, interesting and hands-on. Students will enjoy interactive map lessons that introduce them to more than 100 geographic terms. The Daily Geography Practice Grade 5 Teacher's Edition contains 15-minute focused lessons that are correlated to the National Geography Standards. Topics include globes, compass roses, map legends, grids, coordinates and scales in addition to the multitude of different map types. Students will learn to gather data from the wide range of maps available like regional, continent, resource, political county maps and more. Daily geography practice lessons are an excellent social studies warm-up or wrap up. Utilize them in centers or for group work. They're great for test preparation, reinforcement and enrichment. In Daily Geography Practice, Grade 5, 36 map lessons introduce basic geography skills and over 100 geography terms. What a perfect hands-on approach to geography instruction! The geography skills presented at Grade 5 include: • globes • compass roses • map legends • map grids and coordinates • map scales • physical country and continent maps • projections • regional maps • road and tourist maps • historical and cultural landmark maps • population and product maps • climate and time zone maps • land use, product, and resource maps • political country and world maps