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The 21st Century Lewis and Clark Trail

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students create a better route through the Rocky Mountains for the Lewis and Clark expedition after tracing the original path.
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Ecosystem Interactions Web

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils pick an ecosystem (forest, desert, coral reef, open ocean, grassland, mountain, savanna, etc.) and design an interaction web for their chosen ecosystem. Each group shares their ecosystem's web of life with the class.
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Readers' Theatre with African and Chinese Folktales

For Teachers 4th
Students investigate genre of folklore, specifically African and Chinese folktales, and script and perform folktales with examples from The Magic Brocade and Fire on the Mountain. Seven lessons on one page.
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Elevation at its Peak

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers pretend they are hiking up a mountain. They practice making calculations on angles and elevation. They use topographic maps to estimate distances and trigonometric ratio methods.
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Avalanche!

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students build a model representing a snow-covered mountain out of flour, sugar, and potato flakes. Then they use the model to recreate an avalanche.
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Rivers, Maps, and Math

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners use maps to locate and label the major rivers of North and South America. Using the internet, they identify forests, grasslands, mountain ranges and other landforms on the continents as well. They compare and contrast the...
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Influential Groups In Colorado's History

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders watch a teacher made PowerPoint presentation that introduces the study of Colorado's history. They view images and listen to music that is indicative of the mountain men, miners, pioneers, the Spanish, and Native Americans...
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Native Americans ~ Biomes Web Quest/deserts

For Teachers 4th
Students identify the biomes of each region: mountains, forests, plains, tundra, desert. They identify and describe features of North American desert (Mojave, Sonoron, Great Basin. Chihuahaun). They identify what we are doing today is...
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Parabolas

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students find equations of parabolas in real world scenarios.  In this finding equations of parabolas in real world scenarios lesson, students find the equations of parabolas of US landmarks.  Students put a grid on landmarks...
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Volcano!-Is That a Volcano on Your Plate?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore how and where volcanoes form. They also explore how the interactions between oceanic and continental crust create volcanoes and other mountains and earthquakes in a simulation activity using cardboard of two thicknesses.
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Europe Crossword

For Students 9th - 10th
In this geography worksheet, students fill in twenty-two blanks about European countries. They identify the names of countries, capitals, and mountains.
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Landforms Word Search Puzzle

For Students 6th - 7th
In this types of landforms word search worksheet, students will find and circle the names of 15 different kinds of landforms such as volcano and mountain.
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Planning A Railroad Online Lesson

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars plan a route across Donner Summit using topographical maps in order to understand the challenges involved in constructing the railroad in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. In this history lesson, students first discover how to...
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Lesson Design Archaeology- World Map

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students practice locating positions on the world map. In this map skills lesson plan, students explore the world map and items such as the compass rose, Equator, mountains, cities, etc. The students practice locating positions on the...
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California Regions Map

For Students 4th - 12th
In this California regions outline map worksheet, students examine the coastal, mountain, central, and desert regions of the state.
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Exploring the Map of Morocco

For Students 4th - 5th
In this exploring the map of Morocco worksheet, students find and label cities, islands, bodies of water, mountains, deserts and other countries around Morocco.
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Mapping New Zealand

For Students 2nd - 6th
In this New Zealand learning exercise, students label the map of New Zealand with oceans, cities, mountains and more. Students label 9 items.
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Creating a Map of France

For Students 5th - 6th
In this crating a map of France worksheet, students find and label important parts of France, bodies of water, mountains and surrounding countries.
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Who is Who in the Old West?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars consider the backgrounds of those who settled the Old West. In this Westward Expansion lesson, students participate in a simulation that requires them to role play miners, ranchers, Native Americans, Chinese, African...
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Sub-Saharan Maps

For Students 6th - 10th
In this geography skills worksheet, students draw real or imaginary maps that feature escarpment, rift valleys, gorges, diamond mines, plateaus, mountains, lakes, rivers, and gold mines.
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Geography Terms

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
In this PowerPoint, students review geography terms. Slides feature illustrations and facts about mountains, hills, islands, deserts, lakes, rivers, oceans, plains, valleys, and forests.
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Straw Animals

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students are shown examples of dolls from the area of the Appalachian mountians. Individually, they make their own straw animal following a set of written instructions. To end the instructional activity, they add eyes and discover how...
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Bricks

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students are introduced to how bricks are made. As a class, they discuss the history of brick making in the Appalachian mountians area and its importance to the economy. Individually, they make their own bricks out of clay and paint them...
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Mountain Humor: Folklore

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students complete a series of lesson plans that examine and define Appalachian humor. They complete surveys and examine Appalachian folk tales, picture books, film and jokes for shared characteristics.

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