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Location, Location, Location
Students use maps to locate their community in order to create a flip book.
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Timing the Transit of Venus
Young scholars calculate elapsed time and look for patterns.
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Lichens as Air Quality Indicators: A beginning lichen identification study (2003
Middle schoolers use GPS and trees to explore lichens and air quality.
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Testing Soils for Garden Planting
Sixth graders collect soil samples and record the location of the samples by using GPS.
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Ocean Microstructure
Students assess the ocean's microstructure by analyzing graphs created during tne Ronald H.Brown research cruise. they discuss at what depths various sea animals live and write paragraphs on data analysis from the graphs.
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Class Letter of Introduction
Students follow guidelines to collectively draft a class letter that introduces their school to the rest of the participants in an online science experiment about water quality. They post the letter online as part of the larger unit.
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Linkages Between Surface Temperature And Tropospheric Ozone
Pupils organize and analyze data regarding changes in tropospheric ozone and then hypothesize about the consequences of these changes.
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TE Activity: Nidy-Gridy
Students make a grid and coordinate system map of their classroom as they investigate why it is important to have a common map making system. They look at how landmarks are used for navigating an area.
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Making a Map of the Classroom
Students create a map of the classroom using the computer programs AppleWorks and iChat in this math-based technology lesson. Lesson extension ideas include a scavenger hunt and maps of other school buildings.
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At Your Fingertips
First graders observe a variety of different foods including kiwi, banbnas, coffee, chocolate and discuss where they come from. They discuss the terms import and export then identify the locations where the items came from and their...
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Our Fifty States
Seventh graders identify and locate all fifty states in the United States and their capitals. Individually, they research one state identifying when it became a state, its motto, song, flower and nicknames. To end the instructional...
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Creating a Map
Third graders examine the process of creating an accurate map, and create a map of their playground. They identify what objects are on their playground, and discuss what is found on a map. Students then draw a map of their playground...
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Natural Hazards
Students evaluate the hazards of naturally occurring events. After watching a video concerning safety hazards, students work in groups to discuss the safety issues involved in taking a trip to a mountainous region. Recommendations are...
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Mongolia Geography
Young scholars examine the geography and culture of Mongolia. Individually, they cut out cut-outs of animals to place on their maps and label the grasslands and desert areas. They locate major cities and rivers along with vegetation.
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Subsidence/ Erosion
Students utilize prior knowledge about the Pontchartrain Basin. In this subsidence/erosion lesson, students study the chart on land subsidence and must them identify and find solution for problems caused by erosion.
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The Slave Trade
Students map and explore a possible slave trade route. In this slave trade mapping lesson plan, students calculate the distance and amount of time it would take for African slaves to arrive in America.
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Graphing on a Coordinate Plane
Eighth graders explore the coordinate system. They identify the x and y-axis, parts of the coordinate plane, and discuss the process of plotting points. To emphasize the process of plotting points, 8th graders play an ordered pair...
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Where In The World Is Bermuda?
Students locate the Island of Bermuda, and identify its absolute and relative location.
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Globe Lesson 4 - Intermediate Directions
Students explore the concept of intermediate directions. In this geography skills lesson, students use map skills in order to identify intermediate directions as they complete a map activity.
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Gray Whales on the Move
Young scholars study whale migration and their natural history. In this migration instructional activity students plot whale migration on a map and describe their ecosystems.
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Measure for Measure: Lengths and Heights
Students explore measuring tools by calculating heights and lengths of random objects. For this distance measurement lesson, students utilize the Internet service MapQuest to measure the distance between their current towns and many...
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Muppet Treasure Island
Students watch the movie "Muppet Treasure Island" and then taking on roles of characters in the movie answer navigational questions to try discover the location of a treasure hidden by the teacher.
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5 Themes Awareness of Current Event Issues
Students identify the 5 themes of geography as being location, place, human-environmental interaction, movement and region. They explain a current event from the perspective of each theme and their interrelationship..
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An Adventure to the New World
Fifth graders role play the position of an explorer traveling to the new world. They research the explorers journey and create their own explorer's notebook. They complete different activities and then present their evidence to the class.
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