Utah
Home to five national parks — the famous 'Mighty 5' — plus the Great Salt Lake, one of the largest inland saltwater lakes on Earth.
Geography Standards
Utah State Board of Education — Utah Core Standards for Social Studies publishes the official standards; JigsawGeo's map games and printable materials line up well with the geography skills below. See the official standards for exact current wording and numbering.
- Grade 1: Using maps and globes to locate their community, Utah, the United States, and the world's continents and oceans.
- Grade 2: Locating the poles, continents, oceans, the United States, and Utah on a map, naming the states that border Utah, and reading maps using a compass rose and cardinal directions.
- Grade 4: Using geographic tools to identify Utah and its surrounding states by latitude, longitude, landforms, and regions.
In the Classroom
- Play the United States map in JigsawGeo as a warm-up or center activity — Explorer level asks students to place each state by name, Navigator by capital.
- Print the resources below for a quick state-and-capital drill or a labeling quiz.
- JigsawGeo has no ads, accounts, or tracking, so it's safe to hand directly to students.
