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COLD SEA WATERS
Students examine how old sea waters affected the local and state area during the summer of 1998. Studying a detailed web-site helps students examine sea temperatures.
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Fractile vs. Equal
Students compare and contrast methods of categorizing data. In this data collection lesson, students complete worksheet activities that require them to note the differences between equal and fractile intervals. Students also discuss...
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Walking that Line
Students attempt to describe and use longitude and latitude. They will identify different countries, their neighbors, and borders around the world. Included in the lesson the students identify natural features that control the borders of...
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Home: the Story of Maine "A Love for the Land": Where Are You? Who Are You?
Pupils investigate their neighborhood both as it is now and as it was 100 years ago. They take a walk around their neighborhood and fill out a worksheet before completing a worksheet.
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Displaying the Data
Students gather facts about their parent's families through the completion of parent interview forms. Using tally marks, the data gathered is counted, transferred to graphs and used to create family timelines.
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Breads Around the World
Pupils read about bread. In this lesson studying bread, students read about the history of bread and it's significance around the world. Pupils identify the three main crops used to make bread and ten common types of bread from different...
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Four Main Directions
Students describe directions using a globe for north, east, south and west. In this mapping lesson plan students identify the north and south pole. Students understand the importance of the equator and the Prime Meridian. Students...
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Water Quest
Students visit the Hydrology Study Site, conduct a visual survey to discover info about local land use and water quality, and document their findings by mapping the water body. They use this investigation to raise questions for further...
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The Solar System
Students describe the different bodies that make up our solar system, explain the place of our solar system within the Milky Way Galaxy and the universe, explain day and night and the Earth's movement, and describe the relationship...
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Growing Coral
Students define the words coral and coral reef, and identify the Great Barrier Reef on a map or a globe. They observe crystal formations that develop in a way similar to the way coral polyps create their calcium carbonate cups.
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Sea Connections
Young scholars, after locating different marine habitats on a globe, play a card game about ecosystems, food webs and organisms.
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Community Cartography
Students use an inflatable globe which they wrap in plastic wrap. They use a permanent marker and outline the continents, and label major oceans and trace the equator. Students bring heir globes and use their projection for a discussion...
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Ocean Currents
Fourth graders work in groups to research ocean currents and create posters with their findings. They locate the patterns and names of major ocean currents and identify them on a map. Students also use red pencil to show ocean currents...
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The Exploration and Settlement of North America
Students locate place in Canada and explore highlights of early of early American exploration and settlement. In this North American history lesson, students locate provinces, major cities, and physical features of Canada....
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Know Your Area
Students investigate transit by analyzing their school surroundings. In this local geography lesson, students identify their school in relation to the rest of their state, country and globe. Students discuss their personal travel habits...
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Why Not Visit My Country?
Students research a country using the Travel Languages Web site. Using MS Publisher, they create a travel flyer about the country. Using Inspiration, they develop a concept map of what they learned about their country.
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And the Rains Came Down: A South American Rainforest
Students examine the characteristics of a South American tropical rainforest. They analyze maps, develop graphs, listen to the book, The Great Kapok Tree, and create a rainforest mural.
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Antarctica
Third graders become familiar with Antarctica, the Earth's southernmost continent, by researching its environment and inhabitants. They reference maps, conduct Internet research, identify animals, create graphs and write reports.
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Japan
Learners locate Japan's absolute and relative location on a globe and various maps. They describe Japan's various regions and islands and their system of education, customs and religion. They assess Japan's impact on our society.
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Native Americans and Topography at Rose Bay
Students visit a wetland ecosystem. While they are there, students explore how to read topography maps of Rose Bay.
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Land Use Over Time
Students view aerial photos and topographic maps of their local area. They compare and contrast major land use patterns over time by comparing these images to maps that are at least 50 years old. They analyze them using the four land use...
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Development Issues in the Northern Suburbs
Young scholars demonstrate the ability to obtain geographic information from a variety of print and electronic sources. They use a variety of maps and data to identify and locate geographical features of Minnesota and Anoka County. in...
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de Soto's Expedition: An Alternate Route
Eighth graders interpret historical evidence presented in primary and secondary resources. In this Exploration Age lesson, 8th graders compare historical maps with new maps focusing on the route of Hernado de Soto.
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Science: Draining the Land - the Mississippi River
Students use topographic maps to identify parts of rivers. In addition, they discover gradient and predict changes in the channels caused by variations in water flow. Other activities include sketching a river model with a new channel...
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