Google My Maps – Students as Map-Makers

Google My Maps lets students create and customise their own interactive maps. The site allows students to utilise the world around them, their creativity and their geopgraphical skills to create new spaces and maps. 

In the classroom: Students can plot field trip routes, map local facilities, or design a tourism guide. It is an easy entry point for students to make maps meaningful and personalised.

Five features teachers may find useful:

• Add placemarks, shapes, and text to maps.

• Import data from spreadsheets.

• Customise colours and icons for clarity.

• Share maps collaboratively with peers.

• Practical tool for mapping fieldwork.

Relevant Australian Curriculum links:

• Year 4: [AC9HS4S04] Create and use maps and other geographical representations.

• Year 6: [AC9HS6S04] Create maps, graphs and tables to communicate geographical data.

• Year 7: [AC9HS7S04] Construct maps, tables and graphs to represent data.