Map of an imaginary island: Educational game for cartography education

Abstract

This article presents an educational game for teaching cartography. During the game, pupils create their own map of an imaginary island which helps them to better understand maps and their elements, such as map scale, legend, contours, etc.

The game also develops pupils' map skills thanks to additional tasks that pupils solve using their map.

Keywords

• educational game
• imaginary island
• activation methods
• map skills
• cartography