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Curated OER

Cave Diagram

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students examine limestone cave geology and hydology. They study cave vocabulary.
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Curated OER

Comparing Countries

For Teachers K - 5th
Students compare facts about different countries. In this comparing lesson, students collect information about the US and another country and compare them. Students locate countries on the map and make a hypothesis about the lives of...
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Curated OER

Around the World

For Teachers K - 5th
Students discuss the major geographical and cultural differences in the world. In this social science lesson, students pretend they are traveling and research information about where they wish to stay by finding information about the...
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Curated OER

Home Away From Home

For Teachers K - 4th
Students discover some of the threats to tigers in the wild and some of the challenges of keeping them in wildlife preserves and zoos. They then sketch and explain their designs for sensible tiger enclosures in zoos.
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Curated OER

Origami Paper Fun

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners explore the art of Origami. They listen to various stories about Japan, create Origami shapes by following step-by-step directions, sing Japanese songs, locate Japan on a map, and take a quiz.
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Curated OER

Through Time: Change in Sedona

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students locate events on a timeline of Sedona, Arizona and describe human and physical characteristics of the city. In this Sedona lesson plan, students locate the city on a map and listen to stories about Sedona.
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Curated OER

Back-to-school ESL Ideas

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Pupils share their countries and languages, flags, cultural identity, and pride in home culture.
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Curated OER

Critters R Us or Crime Scene Critters

For Teachers K - 12th
Learners identify nocturnal animals in their local area. Using the internet, they view animal tracks to determine which ones might be in around their school. In groups, they examine outside areas and record their observations. They...
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Curated OER

Global Water

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students collect data on their household water use and calculate how many gallons of water a person uses per day. They investigate how students in different parts of the world get their drinking water.
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Curated OER

Children in the United States and Japan

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students locate Japan on a map or globe and describe the relative location of Japan. They use the Internet to investigate cultural characteristics of children in the United States and in Japan. They use a Venn Diagram as an...
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Curated OER

Paws in Jobland

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore jobs in different countries . In this lesson about different countries through research. Students are broken into groups and given a country to research. Each group is provided with a worksheet with 14 questions to be...
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Curated OER

Yam and Eggs

For Teachers K - 5th
Pupils gain knowledge about the different kinds of foods people eat around the world for breakfast. They look at a map and see if they can come up with reasonable answers as to why location may affect what people eat. Students also...
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National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids: China

For Students 3rd - 8th
Click-through facts-and-photo file about China's geography, nature, history, people, culture, and government. Includes a map of the country that pinpoints its Asian location and a video that explains the desertification of...
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Wonderville Media

Wonderville: The Great Wall of China

For Students 3rd - 7th
The construction of the Great Wall of China goes back roughly 3,000 years to the Western Zhou Dynasty. The original constructions were lines of fortresses that defended against attacks from nomadic tribes in north China. Learn more about...
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Quiz: Geography of Ancient China

For Students 1st - 9th
History Questions: Geography of Ancient China Quiz, Test, and WebQuest
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: China Through Mapping

For Teachers 1st - 5th
In this lesson, Mimi Norton integrates world geography with the study of Chinese culture and history by engaging her young students in a variety of activities to locate natural and human-made landmarks on maps of China. To build...
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Read Works

Read Works: China Today: China's Population

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the population grown in China. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: China Today: China's Biggest Cities

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Beijing and Shanghai, two large cities in China. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Zoom School: China

For Students 1st - 4th
Learn about the fourth-largest country in the world at this site from Zoom School. Explore China's Great Wall, its people, animals, and more, and find maps and basic information about its geography, flag, government, and so on.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Geography for Kids: China

For Students 1st - 9th
The history, capital, flag, climate, terrain, people, economy, and population of China is described on this site.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Geography for Kids: Macau

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the history, capital, flag, climate, terrain, people, economy, and population of Macau.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Geography for Kids: Taiwan

For Students 1st - 9th
This site explores the history, capital, flag, climate, terrain, people, economy, and population of Taiwan.
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National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids: Nepal

For Students 3rd - 8th
Nepal lies between China and India in South Asia. The country is slightly larger than the state of Arkansas. Nepal has the greatest altitude change of any location on Earth. The lowlands are at sea level and the mountains of the...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: National Geographic Survey

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] How much do you know about the world around us? Questions provided by National Geographic Survey. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/roper2006/findings.html

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