2. Profile early mapmakers and explain their contribution to mapmaking. Possibilities include Eratosthenes, Hipparchus, Strabo, Ptolemy, Gerhardus Mercator and Abraham Ortelius.

3. Briefly define and describe longitude and latitude and their importance with regard to maps and mapmaking.

4. Explain map scale. What are the differences and/or similarities between large, intermediate and small scale maps. Show the differences by taking geographical areas and drawing them according to the three different scales.

5.What happens when you cross the International Date Line? Explain why.

6. What is the Prime Meridian? How and why was it established?

7. Create a legend for a map of your choice, i.e. city, town, region or province. Explain the significance of each symbol in the legend.

8. What is remote sensing? How does it work and why is it important? Is Canada active in the field? If so, how?

9. Explore various careers that rely on maps and explain how maps are used in that particular profession. For example, how do geologists use maps, field surveyors, ship navigators, pilots, foresters, engineers, historians, mineralogists, truck and cab drivers, astronauts? What about those who create the maps? How are computers used today for the purpose of map creation?

10. (Recommended for older students only) Take a field trip to a local conservation area or provincial park where there is an orienteering course. Divide the class into groups and have them compete by navigating their way through the course with only a compass and a map. Make sure the competition is well-supervised drawing on the experience of experts and that the terrain is not too rough or secluded. Give prizes to the top three teams. Serve cookies and hot chocolate. Make it fun and exciting.

11. What are the different types of maps and what are they used for? Is it possible for a map to show more than one type of information? How is this done?

13. Find an old (50 ­ 100 years old) map of your community or a community in the surrounding region. Can you recognize any of the areas shown on the map? Compare it with a modern map. Has the community gone through many changes? Where have the changes taken place, and why do you think they occurred in those places. Don't forget influences such as the environment and the growth of surrounding areas.

14. Compare a map of the world by an ancient or medieval cartographer with a modern world map. How accurate is the ancient map? Are some areas more accurate than others? If so, why do you think this is?

15. Decide on two cities. Map 5 different ways to make it from one place to the other. How many different types of transportation does it take? Try to do it without airplanes. What are the major landforms in you way? Use the internet to help you map from place to place. Then decide on the way that you would go if you wanted to see the scenic route, and the way you would go if you wanted to go in a hurry.