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Diversity
Students work in groups to research and prepare an oral report about a region. In this regions lesson plan, students find out about the geography, population, state capitals, and landmarks. Students assign attributes to the...
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Diversity Geography
Students research another country and its people. In this diversity lesson, students work in groups to research an assigned country and develop a short oral report. Students use diversity beans to represent the people of...
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Mapping West Virginia
Fourth graders explore West Virginia. In this Unites States geography lesson, 4th graders discuss the type of land and the cities in West Virginia. Students create two overlays, with transparencies, that show the natural land and the...
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Poetry - Landscape, Comparison, and Critical Response
Students compare and evaluate landscape poetry. In this poetry lesson, students read poetry by Owen Sheers that describes place/landscapes. They read and compare two similar poems before looking at visual images related to the poems....
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U.S. Geography: The West
Students explore the national parks of the American West. In this geography skills instructional activity, students watch "U.S. Geography: The West," and examine print and Internet sources about the national parks found there. Students...
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Twain: Tom Sawyer—Mythic Adventurer
High schoolers take a closer look at archetypes. For this characterization lesson, students examine the setting and the characters of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer as they read and analyze the novel. High schoolers consider how Twain...
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Watershed Landscape
Students demonstrate how water flows by building a human watershed using themselves. In this ecology lesson, students compare and contrast point-source and non-point source pollution. They write what they have learned from this activity...
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Kalahari Explorations
Students explore world geography by completing graphic organizers and researching the Internet. In this Kalahari desert lesson, students identify the geographic location, weather and creation of the Kalahari desert. Students define a...
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You Can Die Here
Young scholars examine Death Valley including the amount of precipitation and winds that it gets. In this climate based lesson students explain the reasons for the amount of precipitation and windward patterns in Death Valley.
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Mapping the Canyon
Students compare and contrast topographic maps and bathymetric maps. They investigate how bathymetric maps are made and how to interpret one.
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Geologic cross section of Manhattan, NYC
Students draw an accurate geologic cross section by using a given data table. They relate the features of the cross section to geologic processes. Students then relate the characteristics of the bedrock to the architecture.
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Mapping The Ocean Floor
Young scholars explore and analyze the bottom structure of underwater habitats. They describe and explain what can't see through the collection and correlation of accurate data. Learners assess that technology is utilized as a tool for...
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Housing: Types of Shelters
Students experiment with the construction of shelters and the various types of architectural designs. In this shelters lesson, students draw the building they live in. Students compare and contrast buildings made today and...
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Geography Awareness Week: Practice Mapping Skills
You won't get lost, after learning map skills during Geography Awareness Week.
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Caution: Slippery When Wet....Not!
Pupils and manipulate data from Internet sites to design a downhill ski course that meets the International Federation of Skiing's requirements for a safe and fair competition.
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Working with Contour Maps
In this contour maps worksheet, high schoolers use contour maps to determine the slope and steepness of different land masses. This worksheet has 16 fill in the blank questions.
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Plotting the Ocean Floor
Fourth graders plot points on a graph, connect the dots to make the ocean floor profile and label the topographical features. They utilize a worksheet and a website imbedded in this plan to plot the ocean floor.
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Grid it, Map it
Learners participate in designing a city layout using grids and coordinates. They work on a city space and create a grid on a life size layout on the gym floor.
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On the Road with Marco Polo: Crossing the Deserts of China
Young scholars explore the geography of China. They describe the geography of the Taklimakan. Students discover the best route to travel from one end of the desert to the other. They investigate how some of the local inhabitants make...
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Mapping the Homunculus
Students determine the relative number of nerve endings located in the skin. By calculating the reciprocal of these measurements, students have the appropriate data for predicting the relative size of the homunculus found on the cerebral...
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Properties of the Ocean: Measurement
Learners simulate the development of an underwater amusement park after reading background on Coral Reef State Park. They decide which factors they would need to consider such as the ocean floor, currents, wave patterns and water...
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The Gulf Coast Region: Georgraphy, Demographics and the Effects of Hurricane Katrina
Students research Hurricane Katrina and create a Cause and Effect graphic organizer or a Chain of Events graphic organizer.
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Plate Tectonic - Volcanoes (K)
Students observe how lava flows from a volcano by watching the teacher create a mini volcano with shaving cream.
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Antarctica I
Students explore exploring and expiditions then simlate their own on campus. They divide into small "expedition groups." Have each team report back to the class about their expeditions, using written, oral, or videotaped presentations.
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