One of the hardest parts of using the Internet is finding your way around. But the Internet can help you find your way around the "real" world as well. Here you will find some links and some activities to help you learn to find your way from Point A to Point B, using the World Wide Web.
One of the most useful tools on the Net for finding your way is called Map It. It will allow you to find, download and print out a map of any address in the United States.
First, try to find the most detailed map you can of CELOP's location. Write CELOP's address in the search window. When you get the map on the screen, go to "Save As" under the File menu.
Save the map in the Map Unit folder of your At Ease setup.
Next, try to find any three addresses you know in the United States. You can use friends' addresses or adresses you find in the paper or advertisments. Don't use more than one Boston address.
Save each of these three maps. At the end of class you can print ONE of your maps.
Point
to Point is a web service which provides you with detailed directions
for driving from one place to another. You can enter any two addresses,
one for your starting point and one for your destination.
Try to generate exact directions for driving between CELOP (890 Commonwealth Ave. Boston 02138) and the White House in WashingTon D.C. (1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington D.C.).
Save the directions as a text file, using the "Save As" command under the File menu. Then open it using Claris Works and use it to answer the following questions.
1) How many miles will the trip take?
2) How long will the trip take?
3) How far will you drive on U.S. 84?
4) Which highway do you stay on the longest?
5) Which direction do you turn onto Pennsylvania Avenue?
There are sites on the net where you can find maps from almost any country:
Try to find a map from your country. Save it in your Map Unit folder by using the "Save As" command on the File menu.
And
City Maps!
Try to find a map from your city, or a city from your country or region. Save it in your Map Unit folder.
Conventional maps tend to distort the relative sizes of countries and regions. Here is a link to a map that shows the true relative size of different countries:
Use this link to answer the following questions:
1) What is the standard world map we all know called?
2) Which is larger, Europe or South America?
3) Which is larger, Africa or the former Soviet Union?
4) Which is larger, Greenland or China?
5) Which has more land, the North or the South?
Here is an interesting link where you can explore most of the world's greatest Subway systems. Use the links you find here to answer the following questions: