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Geography Awareness Week: Practice Mapping Skills

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
You won't get lost, after learning map skills during Geography Awareness Week.
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Motivating Activities for Geography Week

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Here is a great way to pique your students' interest in geography, and help them learn about their world.
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Understanding Geography

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students create a map of their own neighborhood to show the relationships between the geography of the neighborhood and its economy and culture. They view and discuss an introductory video on how geographers study an area then go out...
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Exploring the World's Geography

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners discuss the seven continents of Earth and the diverse geography. After discussion, they create their own paper-mache globes which properly display all seven continents, the equator, and the prime meridian. They conduct research...
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Teaching Geography Through Geocaching

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Bring geography to life with a real world treasure hunt.
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This Is Tanzania

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students explore Tanzania. In this geography skills lesson, students read This is Tanzania by Richard Lupinsky, Jr. and discuss the impact that volcanoes have had on the nation. Students analyze the imagery in Lupinsky's piece and create...
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Geocaching

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Using GPS units, small groups participate in a scavenger hunt to find an object that you have hidden. They use coordinates for stopping points along a pre-planned path to get to the final cache. This is a terrific activity to include in...
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The Middle East- Geography

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover the geography of the Middle East. For this geography lesson, students use reference books and the Internet to research the geography of the Middle East. Students complete an activity sheet to match the capital cities...
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Geography Words, Page 1

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this geography words and maps instructional activity, students examine maps of North and South America. Students respond to 12 multiple choice questions regarding the maps.
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Comparisons: Geography

For Students 4th - 5th
In this geography comparisons worksheet, students read seven short descriptions of interesting places in the world. Using the ten words in the word bank, students fill in the blanks in the sentences.
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Capitals, Oceans, And Border States

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students investigate geography by completing games with classmates. In this United States of America lesson, students examine a map of North America and identify the borders of Mexico and Canada as well as the Pacific and Atlantic....
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Play Doh Map of Your State

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students create a state map using Playdoh. In this hands-on state geography instructional activity, students work in groups to form a three-dimensional  map of their state using Playdoh made at home following a (given) recipe. Students...
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Mapping the News

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore cartography.  In this map skills and map making lesson, Students work in groups to create wall size world maps including legends, compass roses, latitude and longitude, and physical features.  Students collect current...
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Identifying Biomes

For Students 4th - 6th
For this biomes worksheet, students will use an atlas to find the location of 12 cities listed on a graph onto their world map. Then students will use the cities' annual precipitation to figure out what biomes that city is found.
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Roundtable

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders apply the Five Themes of Geography as they relate to the U.S., the world, and specific places in United States history. They recognize and label geographical locations on a map of the United States.
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World Map and Globe

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students locate and identify continents and countries. In this world map lesson, students locate and identify one country on each continent.
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Oaxaca Geography and the Climate

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Pupils examine the diverse geography of the country of Mexico and the state of Oaxaca. They analyze how the geography of the state of Oaxaca affects its climate and create maps showing the different climate areas.
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Scrambled Words-- Geography Terms

For Students 4th - 6th
In this spelling and geography worksheet, students examine 20 words that are scrambled. All pertain to geography. Students unscramble the words and write them correctly/
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Global Connections Geography Review

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
In this beginning world geography PowerPoint, students answer basic  questions about continents and oceans, as well as land and water that surround or can be found in the United States. Correct responses earn a mark on the interactive...
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Number the Stars Geography

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this geography and literature worksheet, learners explore the location of the 3 countries mentioned repeatedly in Lois Lowry's novel Number the Stars. Students color the countries on a map of Europe and create a key to match the...
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Geography Terms

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
In this PowerPoint, students review geography terms. Slides feature illustrations and facts about mountains, hills, islands, deserts, lakes, rivers, oceans, plains, valleys, and forests.
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Map Puzzles

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students make puzzles from world maps, dramatizing how much of the globe is covered by ocean.
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Space Awareness

How To Travel On Earth Without Getting Lost

For Teachers 3rd - 7th Standards
Have you ever wanted to travel the world? Take a virtual trip with a geography lesson that uses longitude and latitude, the position of the sun, an astronomy app, and a classroom globe.
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Student Handouts

Geography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Young geographers follow Dr. Martin Luther King's journey during the civil rights movement by identifying major events on a map of the eastern United States, such as his birth in Atlanta, Georgia and his famous "I Have a Dream" speech in...

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