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Camping Literacy Pack

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Increase camping vocabulary just in time for summer with a camping themed literacy pack. Use word cards and sentence cards to enhance fluency, build vocabulary, and strengthen writing skills. The activities are perfect for centers,...
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I Can Compass, Can You?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover how to use geographic tools. In this compass lesson, students identify cardinal directions by appropriately using compasses along with a number of various maps.
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China Quest

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Read and research information on China. Young researchers complete a knowledge hunt about China then locate and describe each location using directional words. They recognize the word meaning through context clues and application practice.
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Identifying Angles

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders analyze angles and determine if they are acute, right, or obtuse. In this angles lesson, 3rd graders study the definition and characteristics of each angle. Students then do a worksheet to identify the name of the angle.
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Reading a Map

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Young geographers improve their map skills by practicing locating the cardinal directions on a map, identifying symbols on a map key, and describing where objects on the map are located relative to other locations.
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Compass Rose Tossing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars use different pieces of equipment to practice throwing and catching. They use the cardinal directions of North, South, East and West in making a compass rose with the equipment. They must use higher order and decision...
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Four Main Directions

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students describe directions using a globe for north, east, south and west. In this mapping lesson plan students identify the north and south pole. Students understand the importance of the equator and the Prime Meridian. Students...
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Using Four Main Directions in the Classroom

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students identify the four cardinal directions. In this map skills geography lesson, students use a magnetic compass to label the four directions in the classroom. Students use the four directions to locate objects in the classroom.
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Using 4 main directions in a classroom

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners use the four directions of a compass rose to locate classroom features. In this directions lesson plan, students locate the features by identifying directions.
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Using the Four Main Directions in the Classroom

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students utilize a compass to determine where North is in the classroom. In this direction lesson, students label the four main directions. Students locate features in the classroom and describe the directions to get to them. Students...
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How to Teach Geography with KidPix 1

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students create a compass rose. In this geography lesson, students create a compass rose using the computer program KidPix 1.
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Those Who Have Come Before Me

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Class members are transformed into explorers as they work in groups to locate hidden items and map their journey along the way. They then leave clues for other groups of learners to follow, and ultimately discover how past explorations...
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Of Compasses, Sextants and Chronometers

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify longitude and latitude and how they were, and are, determined, and discuss the rudiments of navigation in the eighteenth century.
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Reading a Map

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders become familiar with the vocabulary and skills related to mapping.  In this guided reading instructional activity, 3rd graders find proper nouns on from the map.  Students read Goldilocks. ...
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ARE YOU A TRIANGULATEER?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore about triangles and their relationship to the worlld around them. They are able to identify triangular shapes in their environment. Students are able to communicate to one another their understanding of triangles outside...
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Geometrically Artistic/Artistically Geomtric

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students identify the two-dimensional geometric shapes Lowrey utilized in the painting Untitled. Students compare the two-dimensional shapes in terms of equivalent fractions, congruency, symmetry and asymmetry. Students create their own...
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World Map and Globe - Four Main Directions

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students study the four main directions on a map. In this map lesson, students locate the North and South pole, and learn the four cardinal directions. They use the compass rose on a map to help with the directions. (Map is not included...
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Cardinal Directions

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars explore cardinal directions. In this social studies lesson, students create maps of home and school using the cardinal directions.
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George Washington Teaches Map Directions

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners follow teacher given directions, either oral or written to plot points on a grid to create a profile of George Washington. They apply cardinal and ordinal directions to find the points on the grid.
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Lagoon Lake

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students develop skill in using co-ordinates. Up to eight cardinal points of the compass are used making this a useful activity in simple map and grid work. They utilize educational software to gain practice.
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Where Am I: How to Read a Map

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders develop an understanding of maps. They explore what a map is, who uses maps, and how to use maps. Students investigate the compas rose. They create a compose rose which illustrates the cardinal directions. Students practice...
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U.S. Geography: The Northeast

For Teachers K - 5th
Students investigate U.S. Geography by creating a map in class. In this natural resource lesson, students create a map of the United States and research the Northeast based on their resources and recyclable materials.  Students...
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Digital Values: Internet Safety

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore digital communication by participating in a critical thinking activity. For this Internet safety lesson, students discuss ways to protect their identity on the Internet as well as preserving friendships. Students...
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Learning to Read a Regional Map

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students locate the local community, surrounding communities and major geographic features of the SE Utah and the Four-Corners region on a map, after receiving direct instruction.

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