{"id":16133,"date":"2016-05-10T11:09:47","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T15:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mapofthemonth.com\/site\/?p=16133"},"modified":"2022-10-26T13:28:39","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T17:28:39","slug":"16133-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapofthemonth.com\/site\/16133-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What is an ISLAND?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"islands<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

ISLAND TERMS AND THEIR DEFINITIONS!<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Here are a few terms that help explain what an ISLAND<\/strong>\u00a0is.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Can you and your students come up with other terms that relate to ISLANDS?<\/span><\/p>\n

DESERT ISLAND<\/strong>\u00a0 An island not inhabited by humans.<\/p>\n

ATOLL<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/span>A coral reef shaped like a circle or ring and is filled with water.\u00a0 <\/span>This is usually the tip of an extinct volcano.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

COASTLINE<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/span>The land along the outer edge of an island, where the land meets the water.<\/span><\/p>\n

ARCHIPELAGO<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/span>A chain or group of islands<\/span><\/p>\n

BARRIER ISLAND<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>An island formed of dunes, made of flat or lumpy areas of sand parallel to a coastline.<\/span><\/p>\n

PENINSULA<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/span>A<\/span> piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides but connected to mainland.<\/span><\/p>\n

GULF<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/span>A large bay that is connected to the ocean or larger body of water.<\/span><\/p>\n

BAY<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/span>A large indentation on a coastline that is connected to an ocean or lake <\/span><\/p>\n

LAGOON<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/span>A<\/span> shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by coral reefs or barrier islands.<\/span><\/p>\n

BEACH<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Land along the coast of an ocean, sea, lake, or river consisting of loose particles made of sand or rock.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ALL ISLANDS HAVE INTERESTING FEATURES!<\/h3>\n

\"Aleutian<\/a><\/p>\n

ALEUTIAN ISLANDS<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

The Aleutians are a long chain of volcanic islands, stretching for 1,200 miles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Aleutians divide the northern Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea.\u00a0 <\/span>There are 14 larger islands and 57 small ones. There are also 57 volcanoes!\u00a0 <\/span>They are part of the state of Alaska, and the western islands in the chain stretch towards the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula. <\/span><\/p>\n

Scientists have a theory that the Aleutians were once formed a land bridge<\/b>, and were not divided by water.\u00a0 <\/span>This might have allowed ancient people from ASIA<\/a> <\/strong>to walk across to the continent <\/span>of NORTH AMERICA.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

There are only about 8,200 people in all the islands.\u00a0 <\/span>They are called the Aleuts.\u00a0 <\/span>In the Aleutians, a small city called Unalaska holds more than half that number of people in all the islands combined!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

WHERE EXACTLY ARE THE ALEUTIANS?<\/h3>\n

\"aleutians<\/a><\/p>\n

The RED DOT makes it clear exactly where the Aleutian Islands are located.\u00a0 Students\u00a0could r<\/span>esearch on a more detailed map (maybe in an atlas?) to find the longitude and latitude lines that form the area where most of the Aleutian Islands are located.<\/span><\/p>\n

MORE ABOUT ISLANDS!<\/h3>\n

Help your students learn more about ISLANDS\u00a0and their unique characteristics!<\/p>\n

Our CartoCraze! Expanded Map Workshops<\/a><\/strong> are digital files that can be shared by everyone in your school.<\/p>\n

These files include special presentations about ISLANDS– as well as MOUNTAINS, DESERTS and RIVERS.<\/p>\n

If you love our maps, you will want the added advantage of going deeper and in detail into unique geographic areas.<\/strong>\u00a0By exploring our maps in-depth, using the various units for islands, deserts, mountain and rivers, your students will use their map skills as well as get a chance to read and research, explore scientific concepts, and exercise their math skills.\u00a0 They will also gain a better sense of the world at large, while using their cross-curricular skills.\u00a0Below is a complete listing of teaching units for each geographic area covered.<\/p>\n

For a FREE taste of one of our ISLAND\u00a0files, see this free file\u00a0about the island of CUBA\u00a0HERE<\/a>.<\/h2>\n

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ISLAND TERMS AND THEIR DEFINITIONS! Here are a few terms that help explain what an ISLAND\u00a0is.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Can you and your students come up with other terms that relate to ISLANDS? DESERT ISLAND\u00a0 An island not inhabited by humans. ATOLL\u00a0 A coral reef shaped like a circle or ring and is filled with water.\u00a0 This is usually […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4988,"featured_media":16134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[203],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-geography-blog","post-wrapper","thrv_wrapper"],"yoast_head":"\nWhat is an ISLAND? - Maps for the Classroom<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Here are a few terms that help explain what an island is. Many of these terms relate to WATER! 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