Learners explore many of the unusual geographical features of the Amazon River region, and explain the importance of preserving the tropical rainforest.

Students explore the environment by reading a story in class. In this water formation lesson plan, students define environmental terms such as rivers, streams, gulf, oceans and lakes. Students read the story A River Ran Wild and discuss...

Students study the Amazon Rainforest. For this geography skills lesson, students complete assigned textbook reading on the region and then complete an Internet activity that requires them to identify countries in the region as well as...

Students investigate the environment by designing a group project.  In this ecology lesson, students identify the man made threats to the Amazon while reading environmentally conscience vocabulary terms.  Students collaborate...

Student's identify geographic features of a South American map. They use the scale of the map to calculate distances between points. They identify examples of the five geographic themes on the map of South America.

Sixth graders make a model of a watershed. In this geography lesson, 6th graders view a shaded relief map of California and locate landmarks. Students examine the San Francisco Bay Watershed by following the journey of water through...

Fourth graders draw maps of Peru and examine how Peru is a geographically diverse country.

Fifth graders listen to lectures on the ancient civilizations of the Aztecs, Incas and Mayans. They construct a mask base and then decorate it in thirds with symbols meaningful to each of the three cultures being studied.

Students investigate the Egyptian civilization. In this cultural lesson, students watch the film Mysteries of Egypt and create a replica of an ancient Egyptian artifact.