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Social Studies Review Third Grade
In this review of various skills instructional activity, students answer multiple choice questions about Georgia history, references, fiction and nonfiction, and U.S. history. Students answer 12 questions.
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Using MY NASA DATA to Determine Volcanic Activity
Learners explore how aerosols are used in science to indicate volcanic activity and how biomass burning affects global aerosol activity. Students access data and import into MS Excel using graphical data to make inferences and draw...
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A Comparison of Cloud Coverage over Africa
Young scholars identify different climate regions and local weather patterns. For this cloud coverage lesson students use NASA satellite data and import it into Excel.
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Discover the Rain Forest
Students research tropical rain forests through the use of trade books, encyclopedias, rain forest videos, and computer searches to determine the effects that human use has on the rain forest.
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Arctic cleanup
Ninth graders examine pollution problems and how it affects the community. In this arctic cleanup lesson plan students study ocean currents and how they affect pollution.
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What is Climate?
Learners explore the differences between climate and weather. For this introductory lesson of a climate unit, students discuss the vocabulary and concepts associated with weather and climate. They build their information base for the...
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Population and Population Density
Students read and interpret graphs. In this population instructional activity, students explore population and population density as they read several data graphs and respond to questions.
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Integration of Photography with Other Learning Experiences
Students studied photography in order to establish individual vision, creative thinking and writing skills while communicating ideas and emotions. They exhibit their work.
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The Twelve Months: A Slavic Cinderella Variant
Learners locate Slavic countries and identify a few characteristics of those countries. They read and/or listen to the Slavic tale, "The Twelve Months," and compare this version with another Cinderella story.
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Minnesota-China Connections:What Time Is It?
Students calculate the time difference between Beijing, China and their local community. They discuss how time difference affects intercultural communication.
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Spanish Colonials Encounter Quechan Culture
High schoolers use primary sources from the de Anza expedition of the 1770's to research colonial encounters with the Quechan people from Yuma Crossing, Arizona.
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Latitude & Longitude
Here is a learning exercise activity where learners mark the latitude and longitude coordinates of cities all over the world. There are 15 cities to identify, from Baghdad, Iraq to Warsaw, Poland and Anchorage, Alaska.
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Tear the Continents
Students tear paper into representative continent shapes and configure them with world oceans through relative location, direction and latitude and longitude starting points. They recognize the shape of the continents. Students recognize...
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Child Labour in developing countries
Young scholars explore the idea of global citizenship. Students examine the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child worldwide. Young scholars analyze facts about UNICEF's National Non-Uniform Day.
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PERCEIVINGT A CULTURE THROUGH ITS LITERATURE
Studentsexamine cultural values in literature, identify the cultural assumptions, prejudices, and purposes of authors and translators, use historical perspective to determine if the values and lifestyle depicted apply to contemporary...
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Alaska the Elephant
Students explore an Internet website, locating and matching the shape of an elephant's head to a state in the U.S. They complete an Alaska worksheet, identifying other geographical locations surrounding Alaska.
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Using My Nasa Data To Determine Volcanic Activity
Students use NASA satellite data of optical depth as a tool to determine volcanic activity on Reunion Island during 2000-2001. They access the data and utilize Excel to create a graph that has optical depth as a function of time for the...
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Earthweek
Students explore the ongoing changes in the relationship between human beings and their physical world. They read articles on environmental changes. Students write a short analysis of the effect of the event on the residents of the area...
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Rivers And Capitals
Pupils become familiar with the use of GIS for research and become aware of the importance of rivers to cities. They also analyze the placement of cities and learn the names of rivers in the United States.
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Indiana Tornado Project
Students become familiar with the use of GIS for research, natural phenomena in Indiana, and analyzing collected information.
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Affects of Geography on Colonial Cultures
Sixth graders examine the effects of geography on the development of culture. They discuss how geography can affect the lifestyles and development of a society's culture. Students examine the geography and climate of New England and the...
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Got Park? Or if you build it, they will come!
High schoolers use GIS and GPS technology to evaluate, research, locate, and recommend where a new park should be located that benefit the community.
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America the Beautiful
Young scholars listen to a read-aloud discussing the landmarks of the United States. In pairs, they use the internet to research a landmark of their choice. They create a visual aid to be given with a presentation sharing the...
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Discovering the Past Using the Future: Remote Sensing and the Lost City of Ubar
Learners identify and locate specific locations on the Arabian Peninsula, the Rub al Khali Desert, and present day Oman. They identify other names for the lost city of Arabia as Ubar, the Atlantis of the Sands, Iran, and the city of towers.