This hands-on, inquiry-based instructional activity combines maps skills which include identifying map elements, applying an understanding of cardinal directions, interpreting resource maps, and identifying a location. Students will have...

Students track the action of the Battle of Trenton while increasing their reading and map skills of historic events by using this interactive made by George Washington's Mount Vernon.

The marine environment is unique and requires technologies that can use sound to gather information since there is little light underwater. In this lesson plan, the students will be shown benthic habitat images produced by GIS. These...

Understand and use basic map concepts and skills.

The learners will be able to use coordinates to find locations of specific cities on a map of Alabama.

Lesson that helps students understand maps, map directions, and map symbols. Students use teacher-created maps to locate numbered keys on the playground.

This unit teaches students to plan a trip with an itinerary, remain within a budget, and work cooperatively. It is a technology-based project that combines a study of mathematics, economics, geography, and social studies.

First graders will study a map of their school and then create a map of their classroom.

This lesson is a great small group reading lesson that has a social studies connection. In this lesson, students will be comparing and contrasting schools from long ago and schools of today using informational texts. Included are...

The animals need help! In this week's Afterschool Adventure, children will take the role of Animal Assistants and use their spatial skills to help save the day. Each section of this weeklong adventure is introduced by a video clip or...

Students will partner read The Kite, by Alma Flor Ada. Then work together in small collaborative groups to describe the character of the mother, the children, or the kitten. Included in this lesson are video demonstrations, printable...

This hands-on unit combines social studies, map skills, writing, and technology. Researching famous Alabamians and exploring the state's landmarks help students develop an appreciation for their state.

A fun lesson plan using the voyages of Columbus as a jumping off point to introduce maps and what can be learned from them. Covers content standards for geographic study and evaluating nonfiction works.

Lesson for early elementary and special education students utlizing the book Miss Moo Goes to the Zoo by Kelly Graves and graphic organizers to identify elements in a story (title, author, setting, characters, etc.). Students participate...

This website provides excellent lesson plans that detail any aspects of Lewis and Clark's expedition, from analyzing maps to studying diaries. There are links to the PBS website that will provide primary sources for the students to...

Students will explore the differences among the three colonial regions of New England, Mid-Atlantic/Middle, and the Southern colonies. In small groups for each region, students will observe and note details of pictures, maps, and...

Smithsonian Education presents Contrasts in Blue: Life on the Caribbean Coral Reef and the Rocky Coast of Maine. Teachers can download this comprehensive teaching package in which students explore two marine ecosystems, the coral reefs...

This lesson uses stacking cubes as a way to graph precipitation data, comparing the precipitation averages and seasonal patterns for several locations. Variations on the lesson can accommodate various ages and ability levels. Students...

Looking at models and maps, students explore different pathways and consequences of pollutant transport via the weather and water cycles. In an associated literacy activity, students develop skills of observation, recording and reporting...

A rigid motion of the plane is a map of the plane to itself which preserves distances between points. The purpose of this task is to use fixed points as a tool for studying and classifying rigid motions of the plane, i.e., translations,...

This plan is the first lesson in my unit on Lewis and Clark. This is a project-based, hands-on unit in which learners "become" part of the Corps of Discovery - the members traveling in the Lewis and Clark Expedition. In this lesson, the...

This lesson is designed as a project-based unit plan that will take students through the narrative process from deconstruction to construction. After initial discussion, students will use the Interactive Story Map feature at Read Write...