Lesson Plan
Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: For Lands' Sake: George Washington as Land Surveyor

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan invites the students to explore land surveying in the 18th century. Read an 18th-century land survey and decipher what is actually being said.
Website
Other

Lunar and Planetary Institute: The Surveyor Program

For Students 9th - 10th
A good site about the Surveyor missions to the moon, which includes findings from the experiments that were aboard the lander.
Website
Other

Land Surveyor Reference Page

For Students 9th - 10th
This vocational website for land surveyors includes links to state rules, professional organizations and publications, meetings and conventions, and other resources that students interested in this career can reference.
Lesson Plan
Library of Virginia

Virginia Memory: Land Survey by George Washington

For Teachers 9th - 10th
What was one of George Washington's first jobs? American history tends to focus on George Washington as a leader of the Continental army during the Revolution, and as our nation's first president. Less emphasis has been devoted to...
Handout
Careers New Zealand

Careers Nz: Surveyor

For Students 9th - 10th
This KiwiCareers site contains information on becoming a surveyor in New Zealand. While some of the information is specific to New Zealand, most of it is uniform to the career.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Real Life Real World Activity Surveyor

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Surveyors describe land parcels with distance and angle measurements, often given as compass headings. Once the boundaries of the land parcel are described, the surveyor can calculate the area of the land. This activity uses Cabri Jr....
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Fence That Farmland!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students develop and solidify their understanding of the concept of perimeter as they engage in a portion of the civil engineering task of land surveying, using the technology of a LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robot to automate this task.
Website
NASA

Nasa Star Child: Probes to Mars (Level 2)

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site has a description of the different probes to pass by and land on Mars. Glossary, graphics, and printable version are also included.
Website
NASA

Nasa: Mars Odyssey

For Students 9th - 10th
Within the rocky landscape of Mars you will find the Mariner Valley. This expansive landform is as deep as the Grand Canyon and encompasses an area as wide as the distance between New York and Los Angeles.
Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Lachlin M'intosh

For Students 9th - 10th
(1727--) Land surveyor who lead an expedition to the West against the Indians
Graphic
Fourmilab Switzerland

John Walker: Named Lunar Formations

For Students 9th - 10th
This atlas of the Lunar surface features lists all named features. Click on a name and see an image of that item, or at least an image of the Moon centered on that item.
Graphic
Curated OER

Etc: Boundary Dispute Between Md and Pa, 1681 1767

For Students 9th - 10th
A map showing the boundary dispute between the British colonies of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware between 1681 and 1767. The map shows the lands in dispute, as English King Charles II paid his debt to William Penn by issuing him a...