swisstopo teaching materials for schools: level 3 (secondary stage I)
Get to know Switzerland using a digital map or use an aerial photograph viewer to track the development of the landscape: swisstopo’s teaching materials cover a broad range of subjects and are an extra string to a teacher’s bow.i.
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swisstopo - Learning to read maps with educational materials for schools
If you want to get from A to B, you really could do with a map in hand. There’s a lot of knowledge to be conveyed and a goal to be achieved in the “Reading maps” teaching materials.
The secret of rocks
«The secret of rocks» is a teaching aid in geology that is suitable for geography and history lessons. School classes learn about the history of rocks and landscapes of our country in a playful way and thereby gain their first experience with geodata.
Treasure hunt for the classroom
The game pursues learning goals for geography, history, mathematics and foreign language teaching.
swisstopo - Discover historical aerial photos in the LUBIS viewer
What did Zurich or Bern look like a hundred years ago? That’s what pupils are finding out using swisstopo’s aerial photographs. The LUBIS viewer makes this possible.
swisstopo - Time travelling
Travel through time with swisstopo’s historical maps and aerial photographs. Pupils will learn about the Switzerland of today and of old.
sCHoolmaps.ch - use the Confederation map viewer in the classroom
Swiss map viewer application: sCHoolmaps.ch makes lessons exciting – and most importantly educational.
swisstopohistoric - the interactive web application on the history of maps
Once upon a time, there was the Dufour map ... How did cadastral surveying start in Switzerland and become world famous? That’s what pupils will be learning on swisstopo historic’s interactive web application.
swisstopo - catalog of digital maps "For schools"
The digital map catalogue “For schools” immerses pupils in a chosen topic and expands their knowledge. It’s full of wow factor and aha moments.