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Globe Lesson 9 - Around the World - Grade 6+

For Students 6th - 8th
In this geography skills worksheet, students read 5-travel scenarios and use their problem solving skills to respond to 9 short answer questions.
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An Early American Culture

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students identify the locations of the Hopewell culture. In this map skills instructional activity, students use a globe to mark several locations of the Hopewell culture.
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The Underground Railroad

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars explore the Underground Railroad routes. For this map skills and Civil War lesson, students use map and globe reading vocabulary and skills to track the routes the slaves followed from the Bahamas to the United States and...
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Globe Lesson 17 - Alaska and Hawaii - Grade 4-5

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students develop their globe skills. In this geography skills lesson, students explore the area added to the United States when the Alaskan territory was purchased from Russia.
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Globe Skills Lesson 10 Apollo 11

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers develop their globe skills. For this geography skills lesson, students use a globe and a softball to replicate distance between the earth and its moon.
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Globe Skills Lesson 7 The Transcontinental Railroad

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explore the Transcontinental Railroad. In this geography skills activity, students use map skills in order to locate legs of the Transcontinental Railroad on globes.
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Globe Skills Lesson 5

For Students 6th - 11th
For this map skills worksheet, students read a text selection about locations during the American Revolution and then respond to 8 fill in the blank questions.
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Globe Skills Lesson 1 Some Early American Cultures

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners apply their knowledge of geography. In this geography skills lesson, students read brief selections regarding early Americans. Learners respond to the questions included in the self-guided map skills lesson.
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Individual Horizontal Sundial 2: Cloud/Rain Activity

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners create a sundial to measure local apparent time as it relates to the position of the sun in the sky. In this sundial lesson, students cut and glue gnomon to a sheet of thin cardboard.  Learners then set the sundial in an...
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Ozone Layer

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders develop an understanding of the ozone layer, it's affect on Earth, and the effect of human activity on the ozone layer. They then interpret data from satellite pictures and develop an understanding of longitude/latitude...
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Earth's Features

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this geography worksheet, students label a map of the world with the Arctic Circle, Tropic of Capricorn, Tropic of Cancer, Equator, North Pole, South Pole, and the Antarctic Circle.
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Globe Lesson 13 - When the Day Changes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners explore the patterns of day and night. In this geography skills lesson, students read brief selections and examine diagrams that note the transition of day and night around the world. Learners respond to the questions included...
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Introduction to Maps

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students investigate different types of maps and their purposes.  In this mapping lesson students complete a worksheet, participate in a class discussion and do a hands on activity. 
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Asia Crossword

For Students 8th - 12th
In this geography instructional activity, students complete a crossword puzzle on the continent of Asia. They answer 21 questions related to the type of government systems found, capital cities, deepest lake, and lowest population density.
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Two Reasons for the Four Seasons

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore the reasons for the seasons. In this season lesson plan,students use flashlights to demonstrate the movement of the Earth and how it influences the seasons. Students label pictures and discuss what would happen if the...
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Polar Trec

Where in the World Is Our Teacher?

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Kirk Beckendorf, a middle school teacher, joined researchers at the McMurdo Station in Antarctica to help maintain automatic weather stations. The lesson encourages pupils to track his travels around the region. They connect with the...
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Space Awareness

The Sun Compass of the Vikings

For Teachers 7th - 10th Standards
Evidence shows the Vikings likely navigated by using a simple sundial to find their course. Videos, a short story, and discussion help bring this time period to life as they study European history with a hands-on experiment. Scholars...
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Space Awareness

Navigation in the Ancient Mediterranean and Beyond

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
Ancient texts, like Homer's Odyssey, mentions navigating ships by observing constellations. Pupils learn about the link between history and astronomy as they relate to navigation in the Bronze Age. Scholars complete two hands-on...
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K12 Reader

Eratosthenes: Geographer and Mathematician

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Mathematicians can be famous, too! Introduce your class to Eratosthenes with a reading passage. After they complete the passage, learners respond to five questions, some of which require opinions and others reading comprehension skills.
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The Seven Continents Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 1st - 4th Standards
Who doesn't enjoy an engaging scavenger hunt? Here, scholars listen to, and discuss, the informative text, Where is my Continent? by Robin Nelson. They then explore the seven continents and four major oceans using...
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Bowland

Sundials!

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Time to learn about sundials. Scholars see how to build sundials after learning about Earth's rotation and its relation to time. The unit describes several different types of possible sundials, so choose the one that fits your needs — or...
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Montana State University

Meet Mount Everest

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
Learning about one landform might seem boring to some, but using the resource provided practically guarantees scholar interest. The second in a sequential series of eight covering the topic of Mount Everest includes activities such as a...
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Some Things You Need to Know to Read a Map

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students study things the you need to know to read a map and explain location.
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National Wildlife Federation

Ghost Town

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Around 93 percent of the reefs on Australia's Great Barrier Reef have been bleached, and almost one quarter of them are now dead. Scholars research the sea temperatures, especially around the areas with coral reefs, to make connections...

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