A cartographer makes maps or charts. This is your opportunity to be a cartographer. You are going to design your own island. Your island must have a theme (like baseball, chocolate, etc.). You will use your list of landforms and waterforms to include with names that relate to the theme. Please follow these instructions:

• Open AppleWorks drawing.
• Draw the shape of your island - this should be related to the theme you chose. This should just be an outline.
• Create at least 5 landforms, 5 waterforms, and 5 population centers and add them to your island. Each one must be recognized by its icon.
• You must include a legend. On the legend use the icon that you designed for each landform, waterform, and population center.
• Add a compass rose. This should be small and not distract from the map.
• Add a bar scale in a blank area. Mark the miles or kilometers that your bar scale represents.
• Go to Format/Rulers/Ruler Settings. Change the units to points.
• Add letter locators along the bottom of the map. Add number locators along the side of the map. Use the graphics grid so that you can put them evenly - in equal increments apart.
• Add color to make your map unique and attractive.

This activity was adapted from an activity created by Joan Darnauer and Pam Hardy.