Curated OER
The Indian Way of Life
Students examine how Native Americans developed their lifestyles and houses based on geographic location.
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Get to Know Your City
Third graders research the history of their home city and how it's development was influenced by different groups of people. They present their research information to the class.
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Regions: Meet the Experts Presentation
Students gather information and create a web site on prairies and plains using a variety of resources, including the internet.
Curated OER
Making a Region Map of a State
Fourth graders create salt maps of a state and indicate its regions. They include topographical elements including mountains, valleys, lowlands and major water bodies and a compass rose.
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Earth's Weather
Seventh graders learn how solar radiation, latitude, and other factors affect weather. They break into six groups and are assigned a topic to research and to present their findings orally.
National Wildlife Federation
National Wildlife Federation: The Red Desert
One of the last remaining high-desert ecosystems in North America, this resource presents an overview of the Red Desert in southern Wyoming offering its geographic features, local wildlife, and the threats to the lands.
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Biomes: Great Victoria Desert
Describes the geography of the Great Victoria Desert in Australia, its biodiversity, conservation status, and the types of threats to its biodiversity that it faces.
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Biomes: Etosha Pan Halophytics
Article on the Etosha Pan saline desert in Namibia, which is what remains of a lake from the Pliocene Epoch. Describes its geography, climate, plants and animals, its conservation status, and threats to its biodiversity. (Published:...
The British Museum
British Museum: Geography of Ancient Egypt
Discusses the two types of land in ancient Egypt. At the bottom of the page you can select a story, explore maps, or take a challenge about ancient Egyptian geography.
Other
Sos Children's Villages: Our Africa Geography and Wildlife
Our Africa is a project that allows the children of Africa to film their lives and their country the way they see them. This section summarizes the geography and wildlife and includes videos about forestry, the Nile, Lake Naivasha, and...
Country Studies US
Country Studies: Saudi Arabia: Geography
Saudi Arabia's geography as it relates to its neighbors is explained in this Country Studies article from the Library of Congress. See how difficult it is to determine country borders in a desert area.
Travel Document Systems
Tds: Libya: Geography
A brief look at the geography of Libya listing information from the CIA World Fact Book. Find out about the climate, environment, resources, and land use.
Travel Document Systems
Tds: Djibouti: Geography
A brief description of the geography and physical environment of Djibouti. Information is from the CIA World Fact Book.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in the Sonoran Desert, in Arizona, was declared a national monument to preserve the ecological wonders it houses. Peruse the history, culture, nature and science. Teachers, be sure to check out the...
Other
Ancient Mysteries: Gobi Desert Mysteries
This site details information about the mysteries of the Gobi Desert, an area actually comprised more of mountains than desert. This site has a map of the Gobi area, photos of the Gobi, as well as links to information about ancient...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Introduction to China
Much of China, a country slightly larger than the continental United States, is hilly or mountainous. To its east lies the Pacific Ocean; to its south thick jungles. Mountains in the southwest connect in the west with the Himalayas,...
The History Cat
The History Cat: Geography: People: Taureg Nomads of the Sahara
Read about the characteristics of the Taureg, a nomadic people who inhabit the Sahara region. Their lifestyle is described and what they do to survive in the extreme heat of the desert.
Channel 4 Learning
4 Learning: Geography Essentials, Weather Around the World
This resource offers in-depth information on weather and different types of climate including desert, tropical rain forests, and more. Also provides worksheets (Word documents) and images relating to weather.
Travel Document Systems
Tds: Qatar: Geography
This information on the physical environment of Qatar is from the CIA World Fact Book. Especially interesting is the note about Qatar's strategic location.
eTravel Photos
Travel Photos From Chile, South America
A beautiful journal of travel photos from Chile, South America taken in 2003.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Life in the Sahara (Lesson Plan)
A lesson in which students share prior knowledge and conduct research about the location, people, and animals of the Sahara region of Africa. Involves the creation of a project about the geography of the Sahara and how desertification...
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Patagonian Steppe
In this resource, students can investigate the location, biodiversity, and threats to the Patagonian steppe ecoregion and also find helpful links to further explore information about this area.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Petroglyph National Monument
Embrace the unique Petroglyph National Monument in New Mexico through this detailed resource featuring the Rio Grand Rift, petroglyphs, lesson plans and much more.
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National Park Service: Guadalupe Mountains
For over 10,000 years folks have been drawn to the Guadalupe Mountains in western Texas originally for its beauty, resources, and in more recent years its history. One of the most fascinating features to this national park is that in the...