Maps and Globes

You might use a map! Maps are pictures of a place on Earth. These pictures are printed or drawn on something flat, like a big piece of paper. Maps can help you find your way. Different maps can show you different things. Some maps may show you the roads and rivers near a mountain. Some maps may show you where different towns and cities are. Other maps may even show you where different countries and oceans are!

Maps let you see all the places in the world at the same time. 

Globes give you a better picture of what our round planet looks like from space. 

Maps and globes help you see the world in different ways!

Where are you? Maps and globes can help you answer that question. But maps and globes are different.  Maps are flat. Globes are round.

Maps are pictures with information about places. People use many kinds of maps.

Some maps show a country and its parts. For example, a United States map would show all fifty states. It would also show capital cities.

Other maps may show streets and roads in cities or towns. People use these maps to find their way.

Many maps show where water and land can be found. The color blue is often used for rivers and lakes. Brown or green is used to show land.

Weather maps show the weather in a place. Different colors or symbols stand for rain, snow, or sunny weather.