Young scholars investigate transit by analyzing their school surroundings. In this local geography instructional activity, students identify their school in relation to the rest of their state, country and globe. Young scholars discuss...

Students explore "wild" places. In this technology lesson students use ArcGIS Explorer to investigate wild places near them in their neighborhood. Students view the landscape from both above and the ground.

In this local geography learning exercise, students complete 4 fill in the blank questions regarding the locations of their homes. Students are asked to reveal their address, city and state by writing inside house shaped boxes.

This lesson plans uses Geographic information systems (GIS) technology to explore the local geography.