Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Teacher Resources: Changing the Land
In this activity, students will compare historical aerial photographs with current aerial photographs and determine what factors influenced land use decisions; evaluate the impacts of different land uses on an area; and consider future...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Us History: Grade 7: Sectionalism Prior to the Civil War
This sample task contains a set of primary and authentic sources about how the differences between the North and South deepened the feelings of sectionalism leading up to the Civil War.
Auburn University
Auburn University: A Glossary of Political Economy Terms: Land
Provides a definition for land as seen by an economist.
York University
The Joy of Visual Perception: Physics of Visual Stimulus
From an online "book," this particular page describes physics principles related to vision and sight. Keywords are linked to other pages with further information. The role of sunglasses in blocking glare is discussed and explained. A...
Other
Northwest Territories Vegetation Types
Excellent photographs in this site show the various types of land in the Northwest Territories.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Transportation
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart discusses the categories of transportation - land, air, and water - and has students identify appropriate ways to transport goods.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Air, Land, & Water
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will be able to identify which category (air, land, or water) an object belongs to.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Forces Land
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart describes physical characteristics of landforms and bodies of water including mountains, plains, plateaus, valleys, rivers, bays, and lakes.
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Southern Kings Consolidated School: Plateaus
This page by the Southern Kings Consolidated School provides a great description of a plateau, and includes several images of landscapes with plateaus.
Cornell University
Cornell University: Law School: Real Property (Land Law)
This resource gives a basic definition for real property and distinguishes between the divisions within the real property classification (freehold estates, nonfreehold estates, and concurrent estates).