Curriculum

National Geographic Maps Available Via the Web

By Kathleen Kennedy Manzo — December 05, 2006 1 min read
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View the Map Machine, posted by National Geographic.

National Geographic maps have adorned classrooms for decades. And now students and teachers can print the National Geographic Society’s colorful wall maps off the Web.

The Map Machine, as the feature is known, offers an atlas of world, continent, regional, and country maps for printing, as well as photos, cultural profiles, and geographic facts.

A version of this article appeared in the December 06, 2006 edition of Education Week

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