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TORNADOES!

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders compare the parts of a real tornado with the parts of a tornado created in a demonstration, label "Tornado Alley" on their maps, and label the locations of famous tornado disasters on their maps.
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Early Explorers

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate the routes taken by the early explorers. In this explorers instructional activity, 5th graders use interactive notebooks, discussion and maps to discover the routes taken. Students get into pairs and label maps,...
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Holy Mole

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the Mexican sauce Mole and the culture of Mexico.  In this Mexican culture lesson, 3rd graders find Mexico on the map and access prior knowledge about the country.  Students discuss Mexican foods....
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4: In With the Imports

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students research imports of American Samoa and Hawaii and create a map showing the major imports for both.  In this economics lesson, students identify where American Samoa and Hawaii are on a map, discover what the imports for the...
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Volcano Hazards

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students research volcano hazards in VolcanoWorld, make a paper volcano, produce and watch the effects of ashfall, produce and watch the effects of a mudflow and create a hazard map by plotting historical ashfall/mudflow data from Mount...
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River to the Sea

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students investigate the function of wathersheds and weather while they follow Lewis and Clark on their jouney west. They also create a map using acurate measurements and build a model watershed.
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Discovering Your Heritage

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners interview a family member about their heritage. They listen to and record part of their family's oral history. Students also create and label a family tree going back a minimum of two generations and compare and contrast...
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Magnetic Fields and Bermuda Triangles

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students map magnetic fields of a magnet using a compass and predict where fields cancel each other to create 'Bermuda Triangles'. In this magnetism lesson, students use a compass to map the magnetic field of a magnet. They explain how...
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The 400-acre wood

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this forest planning lesson plan, students visit the 400-acre wood website and work in groups to learn about the specific aspects of forest development. Students create, label and color a forest planning map and present their map...
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Plate Patterns

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read about a volcano and use the latitude and longitude information to plot and describe the volcano on the map. They discuss patterns seen on the map. In addition, they color code a map according to zones, plates, etc.
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Human Impact on the Everglades Environment

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders research changes the Army Corps made in Everglades, focus on the human impact on the environment, design graphic organizers, summary statements, develop a Florida map of the Everglades region and give a presentation about...
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Nutrition and Health and School Gardening

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students examine how healthy eating contributes to a healthy body and life style. They read nutritional labels on food items. They use the Five Foods Pyramid to evaluate their own eating habits. They plan, design, and create a school...
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Australia

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students research Australia using the Internet. They draw a flag, identify and label Australia's major cities. They discover facts about Australia's tourists attractions and culture. They design a travel brochure using the facts.
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Life as a Pioneer

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students examine historical documents and research why early pioneers settled on the Iowa prairie. They review maps, describe the impact of railroading, describe life in pioneer times, and identify the effects of drought, prairie fire,...
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Social Studies:

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners identify various types of breads fromother countries and locate them on maps. In small groups, they make story maps of books that mention bread and make books resembling sandwiches. Students have a bread tasting party and...
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Book: Spain

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students, after reading Chapter One in the book, "Spain," design and re-create the political boundaries as well as the physical features of nation of Spain. They utilize play-doh or salt dough to illustrate and create their three...
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Describe My City

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the functions of cities by creating a visual image of their own neighborhood. Students diagram, list, and label the major businesses and cultural areas of the neighborhood where they grew up, then write a letter to a...
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What Makes a Tropical Rainforest Special?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners examine the characteristics of the tropical rainforest. Using a map, they locate the rainforests found around the world, continents and the equator. Using the internet, they research the various layers of the rainforest and...
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Kids Need Natural Resources

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders define renewable and non-renewable resources and give multiple examples of each type of resource. In this environmental science lesson, 3rd graders sort picture cards into two categories, renewable and non-renewable...
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Tourism in Northern Ireland

For Students 6th - 7th
In this tourism worksheet, students label pictures of tourist destinations with the name of the country they are located in, write sentences about pictures showing damage caused by tourists, identify locations on a map, and fill in...
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Graphing

For Students 9th
For this graphing worksheet, 9th graders solve and graph 8 different problems that include defining various terms related to graphing. First, they label the quadrants in a coordinate plane and name the quadrant for each listed ordered...
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Donde en el mundo estas?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners give & follow directions given in Spanish, using oral, written and graphics. They use maps, globes, atlases, and remote sensing, GIS, and GPS to acquire and process information about places.
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Physical Geography of Africa

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate the topography of Africa.  In this physical geography instructional activity, 5th graders research the six regions of Africa and complete a physical map.  Students locate various landforms in...
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Watersheds: The San Francisco Bay Watershed

For Teachers 6th
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...

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