Allow several class periods to teach these. Some of your students may have never used maps to any extent but will catch on quickly. Save these on a floppy disk and if you have a computer with Internet software you can allow students to view great information you have saved. Even if your computer is not online you can still show your collected information if your computer has the software installed for this capability. Great shots of images in North Carolina can be saved from the Net.
Pictures help students so much expecially if they have never visited there.
This allows students to view great graphics, photographs, and info without taking up so much time. Plus, students had rather use the computer to look at pictures. N.C. The Wright Brothers' Memorial Show students a chart of the info you want gathered. Make students a chart and let them gather the following information in independent practice. Students must determine mileage from school to each location.