Resources

NASA relief maps
http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/srtmmak1.htm

Writing an essay describing a flight and view from a plane:
http://wright.nasa.gov/

Educator Lessons on Map Adventures
http://www.usgs.gov/

Images:

pg1_neworleans.gif

pg2_sanfrancisco.gif

pg3_newyorkcity.gif

Literature Connections

Looking down by Steve Jenkins; Houghton Mifflin Co., New York, NY, 1995.

As the crow flies, a first book of maps by Gail Hartman; Aladdin Books, Maximillan Publishing, 1991.

Oh, the places you go by Dr. Seuss

Investigation Images

Figure 1: http://southport.jpl.nasa.gov/pio/srl2/sirc/srl2-neworleans.gif

Figure 2: http://southport.jpl.nasa.gov/pio/srl2/sirc/srl2-sfc.gif

Figure 3: http://southport.jpl.nasa.gov/pio/srl2/sirc/srl2-nyc.gif

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