READINESS TITLES (2nd-5th grades)

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USA Comprehensive

Three maps in one: landcover, elevation, and political
Alaska to scale and Hawaii unabridged. Features upper & lower case letters to support basic reading skills, easy-to-read enlarged type, simplified viewing features, and a design geared toward younger audiences.

  • landcover
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    Limits of ice water during the cold season.
    Students can explore points of interest, urban sprawl, marine pollution, vegetation and land use.
    A click anywhere produces imagery of the vegetation type of the given place.
    A readout at bottom displays exact elevation, precipitation, and coordinate values for each point on land.
  • elevation
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    Based on the most recent and detailed satellite imagery available.
    Displays continental divides, points of interest.
    A readout at bottom displays exact elevation and coordinate values for each point on land.
  • political
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    Indian reservations & Alaska Natives
    National parks & historically significant sites
    Interstate highways
    Time zones
    Capital cities set against a light background for easy identification.
    Shows extent of urban sprawl

    World Comprehensive

    Three maps in one: landcover, elevation, and political
    Features upper & lower case letters to support basic reading skills, easy-to-read enlarged type, simplified viewing features, and a design geared toward younger audiences.
  • landcover
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    A click anywhere produces imagery of the vegetation type of a given place.
    From Savannah to tundra to broad-leaved forests, the map shows actual areas of vegetation, land use on the entire earth.
    Areas with sea ice
    A readout at bottom displays exact elevation values, coordinates, and population density for every point on the map.
  • elevation
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    Based on the most recent and detailed available satellite imagery.
    Continent names and boundaries.
    Equator, the circumference, Prime Meridian and lines of longitude and latitude are prominently labeled.
    Tectonic plate boundaries.
  • political
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    Indigenous nations and cultural regions
    Sites of special interest
    International Date Line
    Indicates areas of high-population density.