Oxford Atlas Project 2 introduces more formal map-reading skills for students to use as they explore the amazing diversity of our world. Thematic sections focus on natural, human and global issues to explore how humans interact with their natural environment.

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OAP 2 National poster

OAP 2 Queensland poster

* Introduces formal map-reading skills as students explore the amazing diversity of our world

* Thematic sections focus on natural, human and global issues covering key learning areas

* Focus on literacy and numeracy skills required for the effective interpretation of thematic and cartographic maps

Interactive Map & Outlines

Australia: Physical IWB (200 kb)
Australia: Political IWB (196 kb)
Map outline of Australia (224 kb)
Map outline of the Murray-Darling Basin (81 kb)
Map outline of Antarctica (65.5 kb)
Map outline of the Asia-Pacific region – political (237 kb)

Mapping Skills Resources

World population (322 kb)
Choropleth maps (378 kb)
Cities and skyscrapers (338 kb)
Exploration timelines (294 kb)
Key to understanding maps (280 kb)
Scale model (309 kb)
Classroom Map (324 kb)
Directing traffic (267 kb)
Places in an atlas (296 kb)
Interpreting graphs (287 kb)
Sun and earth (312 kb)
Oceans (401 kb)
Climate graphs (302 kb)
Weather and the water cycle (292 kb)
Earthquakes (282 kb)
Worst natural disaster (282 kb)
Dorothy and the tornado (300 kb)
Animals adapting environment (371 kb)
Indigenous peoples (304 kb)
World languages (280 kb)
Numbers in Australian Government (311 kb)
How is it made (276 kb)
Threatened animals (312 kb)
Water (282 kb)
Health pictographs (287 kb)
Refugees (457 kb)
Renewable energy (282 kb)
Thinking about pollution (350 kb)
World Heritage sites (292 kb)
Reading maps (263 kb)