Objective: Students will
be able to determine the slope of a line.
Read about map making at
http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/pres/map/mapcoo.html Here you will learn
what coordinate systems have to do with geography. This site provides a wealth
of information on map making and has links to related math problems. Recommended
sites include www.usgs.gov , a site of
the U.S. Geological Survey which provides several suggested activities for
teachers and students, and
www.indo.com/cgi-bin/dist which provides an online distance calculator
to nearly anywhere on Earth.