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Corn Maze Geography: Teaching Geography Using Corn Mazes URL: http://rockyweb.cr.usgs.gov/outreach/cornmazegeography.html Description: This document features "lessons for teaching geography through the concept of corn mazes," which are "paths cut or plowed in a field of corn (maize) so that the paths form a pattern when viewed from overhead." Lesson topics include navigation, maps, global positioning systems (GPS), aerial photographs, and other geography concepts. From the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Rocky Mountain Mapping Center. Author: Kerski, Joseph Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Rocky Mountain Mapping Center Extra Keywords cartography Library of Congress Subject Headings: Geography -- Study and teaching Labyrinths Map reading LII Database Information: Record 632 created by Jennifer English on 03/28/2005 Last modification on 02/05/2008 Published: 03/28/2005 Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/632 |