Fourth graders examine patterns that influence population density in the various regions of California. The unit's three lessons utilize graphic organizers for the interpretation and presentation of data.

Students apply map reading skills by locating places through the use of latitude and longitude.

Students investigate scale models while attending a field trip within the San Francisco Bay Area.  In this oceanography instructional activity, students identify the currents of the Bay Area and discuss how they are created by...

Students create representative Sakura trees. In this multi-cultural appreciation lesson, students listen to their teacher talk about Japan before students create Sakura trees out of cotton balls and popsicle sticks.

Students explore biology by completing a fishing worksheet. In this commercial fishery lesson, students identify the process of taking mass fish from the ocean and delivering them to eateries while discussing the negative aspects....

Learners examine debris, what it is, where it comes from and where they go.  For this debris lesson students view a video, answer questions and discuss what they learned.

Students conduct Internet research of the living organisms in national marine sanctuaries, and the resources protected in the sanctuaries. Students gather information about each of the sanctuaries and make an oral presentation and poster...

Students research and study the country of Mexico and complete a project about it. In this Mexico lesson plan, students research Mexico's geography, traditions, art, songs, stories, and legends that are native to Mexico.

Students track the research cruise of the Ronald H. Brown from San Diego to the Galapagos Islands. They match research groups with the key words, using the ship's daily logs to find the answers.

In this latitude worksheet, students answer questions about latitude that include absolute locations of countries and coordinates. Students complete 12 questions.

Fourth graders use glyphs as a way to visually represent information about Utah weather. These nonverbal representations help students collect and interpret data in a visual format.

Students identify and discuss the adaptive characteristics and behaviors of fish. They view slides of fish, and design and create a model of a fish of the future, listing the ways their fish adapt to survive.

In this bar graph worksheet, students solve and complete 2 problems related to reading a bar graph. First, they use the data table found at the bottom of the sheet to complete the bar graph which illustrates the number of nests and...

Students explore El Nino and take the role of a reporter gathering the facts for a news story. Reports are presented orally, like a newscast, written or in whatever form the teacher prefers.

Students explain how volcanoes form. In this earth science lesson plan, students identify the different types of volcanoes. They create brochures about Mt. Vesuvius before and after the eruption.

Third graders become familiar with the vocabulary and skills related to mapping.  In this guided reading lesson, 3rd graders find proper nouns on from the map.  Students read Goldilocks.  Students make a map...

Students study feudal Japan, the islands of the country, and its religions. In this history of Japan lesson, students complete a 9 lesson unit about Japan, its history, its feudalism, its islands, and its religions.

Students recognize that hurricanes are tropical storms that have a sustained wind speed greater than 74 miles per hour. In this science lesson plan, students plot data they observe on the National Hurricane Center Website in order to...

Students identify the steps in the life cycle of an island. They label islands in the correct stage of their life cycle and illustrate the process themselves. They also review the concept of plate tectonics.

Students identify and interpret the evolution and sources of law in Canada. Students compare and contrast the legal rights and responsibilities of individuals, groups, and organizations in Canadian society. Students write a one-page...

Students explore the life cycle of insects by researching butterflies. In this insect migration lesson, students identify the Monarch butterfly, where they inhabit, and what their migration consists of. Students utilize the Internet to...

Fourth graders investigate the concepts of looking at sets of data. The focus of the study is upon the local weather of Utah. They study the weather found in the city and in the country and make comparisons based upon geographical location.

Students learn about Mound Cities and how they both started and stopped. In this Mound lesson students explore how Mound Cities did not succeed and why. Students dig deeper then the lesson as they discuss defeat and relate it to their...