World Maps Teaching Resources
Browse world maps created for students and teachers by our team of teachers!
This collection of blank and labelled maps covers each continent, plus a variety of teaching topics from climate zones of the world to time zones. With both printable and digital options, you'll have the whole world at your fingertips ... literally!
Looking for ideas to put these maps to use in your lessons? Read on for some simple but effective ideas from our teacher team!
Teacher-Tested World Maps Ideas for Your Classroom
1. Plot Coordinates for a Virtual Field Trip
When you're teaching about the imaginary lines that wrap around the Earth, pulling out a world map can help make the abstract concept of latitude and longitude much easier to understand.
Practise plotting specific coordinates on your maps, then take your students on virtual excursions to the spots you've plotted!
2. Practise Measuring Distances From Place to Place
Explore the concept of scale and practice measuring distances between different locations around the world! Students can make the measurements with a ruler, and then practise converting the units measured to real-world distances using the map scale.
Using their maps, students can measure how many miles stretch from one end of a continent to the other (from North to South or East to West), measure how far apart different capital cities are, measure the length of major rivers and a whole lot more.
3. Put Teams to the Test
Separate students into small groups or teams, and give each team a large world map.
Tell students their job is to label as many countries as they can within a given time limit. The team that correctly labels the most countries wins.
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Earth's Hemispheres Worksheets
Practise identifying landforms in the northern and southern hemispheres with a pair of printable geography worksheets.
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World Map with Countries - Black and White
Teach your students about the continents and countries of the world with this black-and-white world map.
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Time Zones World Map
A poster to display in the classroom to show the different time zones of the world.
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Australia's Neighbour Nations — Teaching Presentation
Discover the location of some of Australia’s closest neighbour nations with this comprehensive and visually appealing teaching presentation.
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Map of the World - Labelling Activity
Discover and label the world's continents and oceans with this blank map of the world.
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Blank Map of the World - Template
Teach your students about the world’s seven continents and five oceans with this blank map of the world for labelling.
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Map of the World's Vegetation Zones
Locate and explore the different biomes of the world with this engaging classroom poster.
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Critically Endangered Species Map
Use this endangered species world map when exploring animals that have been placed on the Critically Endangered list.
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World Map Poster
Teach your students about the continents and countries of the world with this detailed map.
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World Vegetation Zones - Mapping Template
Locate and explore different vegetation zones around the world with this mapping worksheet.
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Plotting Earthquakes Worksheet & Map Activity
Teach longitude and latitude with a printable earthquakes plotting worksheet and map activity.
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Australia-Centred World Map
Teach your students about the continents, oceans and countries of the world with this Australia-centred world map.
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Acclimatised Civilisations – Inquiry Project
Research a civilisation and how it adapted to its environment and landscape through a student-led inquiry task.
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Mapping Our World
A 60-minute lesson in which students revise locating and labelling the main features on the world map.