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Knight's Canadian Info Collection: Geographic Regions of Canada

For Students 3rd - 8th
Canada is divided into distinct regions, each with a very different landscape and climate. Geographic and ecozone maps as well as text information is included.
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Alaska Vacation and Travel Information: Explore Alaska's Regions

For Students 9th - 10th
This portal site provides information, maps, photographs and tourist information for each of Alaska's primary geographic regions, such as the Inside Passage where Glacier Bay is located.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Natural Regions of Alberta

For Students 9th - 10th
Using a colorful interactive map of Alberta, you can learn about the geographic regions of the province. Facts and photos of each region are included.
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Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism: Arkansas Virtual Regional Map

For Students 3rd - 8th
Take a virtual tour of Arkansas by clicking on each of its major regions .. the Ozarks, River Valley, Central, Delta, Timberlands, and the Ouachitas region. Terrific photos, video clips, maps, and descriptive information is included for...
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Keene College

Geo Granite: Is a Nation Always a Region?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson assists students in understanding the differences between political constructs and regions.
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Keene College

Geo Granite: Let's Find a Region

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students examine a map of a town, state, or country to see how it is divided into smaller areas. They then look for physical features that cause the area to be called a region. Finally they will compare their findings with another area...
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National Geographic

National Geographic: The Politics of Place Naming

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners use an online geographic information system (GIS) to uncover the geographic and social context of streets named after Martin Luther King, Jr. They map street locations to identify regional patterns in honoring King, consider...
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Mr. Palm: Regions of Texas

For Students 3rd - 5th
The four major geographic regions of Texas are described in text and a slideshow, with a discussion of their landforms, climate, vegetation, animals, and resources.
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Department of Arkansas Heritage: Arkansas Regions

For Students 9th - 10th
This map of Arkansas highlights its 6 main regions.Click and learn about each region in greater detail.
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Ohio Department of Natural Resources

Ohio's Five Physiographic Regions

For Students 9th - 10th
Gives characteristics and history of Ohio's different regions. Map included. Very detailed descriptions of rivers and nature perserves in the State.
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Keene College

Geo Granite: Describing Places

For Teachers 6th - 8th
At this site, explore the concept of regions, learning that regions can be defined in countless ways, depending on a person's perspective.
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Keene College

Keene State College: Regions Change

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will find real examples of regions that changed and why the change happened. They will then write a story about why a region changed over time, giving the geographic factors (physical and human) responsible for the change.
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US Census Bureau

U.s. Census Bureau: Migration/geographic Mobility

For Students 9th - 10th
This U.S. Census Bureau site is a first stop on regional shift information, with links to population survey information, population estimates and other related sites.
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National Geographic

National Geographic: Political Borders

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson in which young scholars explore the concept of borders and regions by examining culture and physical location and determine how and where borders should be placed. Lesson contains two activities with maps.
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National Geographic

National Geographic: Encyclopedia: Mantle

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth look at the structure and composition of Earth's mantle, with lots of visuals. Covers lithosphere, Mohorovicic discontinuity, asthenosphere, transition zone, lower mantle, the d double-prime region, mantle convection, mantle...
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Central Intelligence Agency

Cia: World Factbook: Regional and World Maps

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Website from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) provides interactive reference material for regional and world maps in the World Factbook Library. Students and teachers can search for information about any country in the world.
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Columbia University

Columbia University: Asia for Educators: East Asia in Geographic Perspective

For Students 9th - 10th
This teacher resource is devoted to teaching about the geographic history of East Asia. Includes standards information and links to related lesson plans. Also features a downloadable world map (PDF, requires Adobe Reader).
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National Geographic

National Geographic: John Smith Map of 1612

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents the map published in 1612 that was developed from Captain John Smith's explorations of the Chesapeake Bay region, and used as the main reference for close to seventy years.
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National Geographic

National Geographic: The Right Balance: Mixing Energy Resources

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson, students look at profiles of energy production for different regions of the United States. They examine the conversion efficiency and the carbon dioxide emissions of each type of energy, and then the environmental impact...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Labeling Virginia's Geographic Regions

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains a labeling activity for Virginia's geographic regions.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Look at the Regions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Tour the regions of the United States through pictures of the various areas.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: The Meaning of a Vernacular Region Explained

For Students 9th - 10th
Gives the definition of a vernacular region, one of the three main types of geographical regions, along with examples.
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Virginia Places: What Determines the Boundaries of a Region in Virginia?

For Students 9th - 10th
Although this site talks about regions in Virginia, it offers excellent information on regions in general, for example, ways regions might be classified; e.g., by population density, geology, watershed, ecosystem, economy,...
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Ducksters

Ducksters: United States Geography: Regions

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the geographical regions of the United States including the northeast, southeast, Midwest, southwest, and west.

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