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Rivers and Streams Research Activity

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
For this geography research worksheet, student examine books, newspapers, or the internet to find information about the history of flooding in the United Kingdom. They write a fictional account in a news report, TV interview, or a blog....
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World Wide Waterfalls

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars explore the difference between virtual and actual experience by creating Web sites about a nearby river.
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The Great Water Hunt

For Teachers K
Students create a model of the land to water ratio in a large group and search for all the places water is used at their school while on a Great Water Hunt. They identify where water can be found and compare how much of world is covered...
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Water Features of Virginia

For Teachers 4th
Students locate and identify water features important to the early history of Virginia. Thye recognize where most cities developed and locate and label the rivers on a Virginia wall map.
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Indian Land Tenure Foundation

Relationships to Places

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young historians take a look at how the Indian tribes of California promoted a mindful relationship between people and the land. They begin to understand how the Indians were champions of conservation, and at preserving the natural...
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Atlas Vocabulary

For Students 4th - 6th
In this atlas terms and definitions online interactive worksheet, students read the definitions and match them with Atlas vocabulary words. Students match 49 answers.
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Geography of Mesopotamia

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students write a letter.  For this irrigation lesson, students review how humans and the environment can interact with each other, learn new vocabulary words having to do with Mesopotamia, learn about irrigation and view maps of...
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Water Forms - Eight Types Matching

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this water forms activity, students match the water forms to their definitions. Students complete 8 matches on this activity.
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Geography Quiz 24

For Students 7th - 8th
In this geography quiz 24 worksheet, students answer 20 trivia-style questions about geography. Then they scroll down to check answers.
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Fascinating Geography Facts

For Students 5th - 7th
In this geography worksheet, students will read 4 interesting United States geography facts and 19 fascinating world geography facts.
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Geography Quiz 22

For Students 7th - 12th
For this geography worksheet, learners answer short answer geography questions about landmarks around the world. Students complete 10 questions.
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Being There: Exploring China And Japan

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students discover the culture, society, geography, and history of Asia through games, food, art, and literature in this multi-day instructional activity about China and Japan. An exciting instructional activity for upper-elementary or...
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Australia- An Ancient Land

For Students 4th - 5th
In this online Australia- An Ancient Land instructional activity, students use the links to answer questions about the landforms, and ancient life of the country. They look at pictures and internet sites to find the answers to 11 short...
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A Troublesome Portage

For Students 5th - 6th
In this portage activity, students read a 1 page article on a troublesome portage, find the 5 words listed in the paragraph indicated, label each words part of speech and then define each word. Students imagine they are one of the men on...
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Cataracts of the Nile Reviewing Egyptian History

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars investigate and answer questions about the people, places, and events of ancient Egypt and their contributions to world civilization. In small groups they participate in a game answering review questions about ancient...
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Landforms

For Students 3rd
In this landforms worksheet, 3rd graders cut out a set of riddles and match with pictures of landforms, glueing next to each. An answer key is included.
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Get Me out of the Desert!

For Students 4th - 6th
In this desert survival and literature worksheet, learners take a 10 question multiple choice quiz about what they would do to survive in the Namibian desert. This is related to the book The Devil's Breath by David Gilman.
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Dark and Beautiful Caves

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students research how caves form. They describe the major stone formations in caves by taking notes. They construct a clay model of a cave and mark each formation making it easy to identify in the legend.
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Virginia Geographic Regions

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders observe the five geographic regions of Virginia which have distinctive characteristics based on their landforms and bodies of water. They then describe the types of landforms and bodies of water in the region where they live.
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Africa 1500-present: The Big Picture

For Teachers 7th - 9th
For this African history study guide worksheet, students read a brief overview pertaining to the history of Africa from 1500 to the present.
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US Geography Crossword

For Students 5th - 6th
In this 50 states worksheet, learners complete a crossword puzzle with facts about US geography. There are 22 words to fit in the puzzle, which has no word bank.
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Monroe County Women's Disability Network: Maps & Globes: Water Forms

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site is provided for by the Monroe County Women's Disability Network. Some basic information about water on our planet and the various water forms that make up three-quarters of the earth's surface. Includes some simple quizzes to...
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Argentina Landmarks Virtual Panoramic Tour

For Students 9th - 10th
Go on a panoramic tour of Argentina with this fascinating site! Simply click on a photo, VR Panoramas, then click on the picture you'd like to view in 360 degrees.