Curated OER
Animal's Locations
Students identify pictures of animals that are posted throughout the classroom. Using locations, they match the correct animal with its home. They discover some of the animals could live in many different places. They answer questions...
Curated OER
Building a Mini-park And Bird Sanctuary Lesson 3: Location, Location, Location
Students work cooperatively using the democratic process to select a place for a park. They identify how the garden in the park will look. They write a five paragraph essay as an assessment.
Curated OER
Lesson Two: An Overview of Modern-Day Slavery
Students discuss the aspects of modern-day slavery. They investigate where slavery is located, what causes it, who is involved and ways to eliminate it. They write a journal entry based on their investigation.
Curated OER
Walk Across the School
Students explore the concept of location. They discuss the terms right, left, near, far, under, and over, participate in a walk around the school, and display the correct direction for various locations around the school.
Curated OER
Nunavut, Our Communities
Students research the Online Atlas of Canada to locate the communities of Nunavut. Students examine the geographic area and characteristics of the communities.
Curated OER
Rainforest Overview
Students discuss rainforests in order to gain a better understanding of the rainforest and those things that live in it. They begin a "rainforest book".
Curated OER
My Water's Place in Space
Students discover their absolute and relative place in space relative to water and create a book sequencing that space from most specific to most general.
Curated OER
Five Utah Indian Tribes
Fourth graders study the five Utah Indian Tribes being able to identify the tribes by name and location.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Amazing Heart Facts
This feature from the NOVA: "Cut to the Heart" highlights facts about the heart, including its size and placement, and will help you to understand the importance of this wondrous organ in our bodies.
US Department of Education
Helping Your Child Learn Geography
This parent guide helps you to teach your child geography. The site features a section on each of the five themes of geography and how to specifically teach a child to learn and be able to apply each theme. Although published in 1996, it...
University of Texas at Austin
Ser and Estar One More Explanation
This site explains the tricky grammatical option of the two "to be" verbs, ser and estar. The following situations are discussed: joining two nouns, adjective phrases, and prepositional phrases.
Other
Mayotte
A beautiful map with links to information on Mayotte's fauna and flora, cities, lagoon and forests.
Other
La Martinique
Articles on the early Amerindians, the colonial period and slavery on the island, the battle to control Martinique, and Martinique today.
Other
Campeoles
This cute website offers various types of information to viewers: stays, specials, reservations, and a boutique. If you click on "campeole," you will be able to read more about the organization.
Colby College
Spanish Language & Culture: Prepositions
Fantastic way to practice prepositions with location. Use the cursor to navigate through a house in order to complete related sentences with the correct preposition. Immediate feedback indicates if the chosen response is correct or...
Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes
Biblioteca Virtual Miguel De Cervantes: Paraguay
This resource site in Spanish for the country of Paraguay. The flag and a general map of the country are included. Of particular interest is the statistical data available on land size, climate, population, life expectancy, infant...
Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes
Biblioteca Virtual Miguel De Cervantes: El Salvador
This resource site in Spanish for the country of El Salvador. The flag and a general map of the country are included. Of particular interest is the statistical data available on land size, climate, population, life expectancy, infant...
Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes
Biblioteca Virtual Miguel De Cervantes: Costa Rica
This resource site in Spanish for the country of Costa Rica. The flag and a general map of the country are included. Of particular interest is the statistical data available on land size, climate, population, life expectancy, infant...
Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes
Biblioteca Virtual Miguel De Cervantes: Colombia
This resource is on the country of Colombia. The flag and a general map of the country are included. Of particular interest is the statistical data available on land size, climate, population, life expectancy, infant mortality rate, and...
Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes
Biblioteca Virtual Miguel De Cervantes: Espana
This resource site in Spanish for the country of Spain. The flag and a general map of the country are included. Of particular interest is the statistical data available on land size, climate, population, life expectancy, infant mortality...
University of Texas at Austin
France
Excellent series of maps from University of Texas at Austin - Provides political and shaded relief maps of France and a multitude of historical maps and maps of overseas territories overseas. Also includes maps of several large cities.
Other
La Nouvelle Caledonie, Practical Life (In French)
Information on the practical life of Nouvelle Caldonie from the French government, including information on money, electricity, water, and animals in the territory.
Other
Tahiti Et Ses Iles
This French site gives the location and description of these islands, along with practical information on customs, time differences, store hours and holidays.
Geographyiq
Geography Iq
Detailed geographical information on any country is available at this site. Within the World Map section, you can get facts and figures about each country's geography, demographics, government, political system, flags, historical and...