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Free Map Worksheets for Years 3-6
These printable map worksheets help students in Years 3 to 6 build practical map-reading skills. Students explore map keys, compass directions, grid references, map scales and giving directions through engaging town, park, island and shopping-centre maps.
Use the worksheets to introduce a new mapping skill, reinforce learning in a maths lesson or provide independent practice.
Simple Maps for Your Own Activities
Sometimes you need a map that fits your own lesson. These simple printable maps can be used in whatever way suits your class. Add your own questions, create directions for students to follow or use them for collaborative map-making activities.
Reading Map Keys
A map key, also called a legend, explains what the symbols on a map represent. These map worksheets give students practice using keys to identify locations, count features and add their own symbols.
Compass Directions and Giving Directions
Students use north, south, east and west to describe where places are located and to follow routes on a map. The more challenging activities also introduce north-east, north-west, south-east and south-west.
Cardinal Directions
Eight-point Compass Directions
Giving Directions
Grid Reference Worksheets
Grid references help students describe an exact location on a map. These activities ask students to find locations, add features at given coordinates and create their own maps using grids.
Map Scale Worksheets
Map scales show the real distance represented on a map. Students use the scales in these worksheets to calculate distances and apply their measurement skills in a meaningful context.
Build and Create a Map
Creating a map gives students a chance to apply several map skills at once. They can use symbols, keys, compass directions and grid references as they design a town of their own.
These map worksheets take students through towns, parks, islands and shopping centres, giving them somewhere to go and a reason to work out how to get there.
