Welcome! Sign In or Try it Free!
Search Over 150,000 Teacher Reviewed Lesson Plans and 75,000 Worksheets
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
- Rating
Students identify how the human activities in the state of Maryland have changed/ evolved over the last 50 years. They evaluate a land planning document and prepare a fictitious planning document for a given area of land. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
- Rating
Students explore land use by humans and discuss the environmental effects of diferent land use decisions. They assume the role of community planning engineers and create a future plan for their community. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
- Rating
Students evaluate the ways land is used in their community. They discover the environmental effects of the different types of land use. They role-play the position of community planning engineers to determine where a new structure should go. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 12th
- Rating
Students examine NASA satellite observations of surface temperature and investigate the seasonal changes of land and water temperature. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
- Rating
Students review and evaluate the ways land is covered and used in their local community. They consider the environmental effects of the different types of land use. Students act as community planning engineers to determine where to place a new structure that will have the least affect on the environment. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
- Rating
Students interpret a land description, and locate a parcel of property on a plat map. They analyze map data and draw conclusions about lot sizes and ownership changes in the community, and how this might affect land uses and other aspects of the community. Students explain legal transfer of property. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
- Rating
Students investigate land regulations. In groups students explore how local councillors grant planning permission and how land is regulated. Students role play making decisions on a planning committee. They discuss why a land use planning system is important. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th
- Rating
Students research, analyze, and orally defend an issue related to the use of geologic resources. They defend their position in written form by composing a letter to an appropriate source. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 7th
- Rating
Students discover how the land around them has changed over the past ten years. In groups, they review aerial maps and put them into chronological order. They estimate the percentage of land developed and undeveloped and graph their results. They also predict future development in their neighborhoods. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th
- Rating
Students examine the Flathead Reservation while review map use techniques. They investigate its physical features, infrastructures, and ownership boundaries before calculating the percentages of various land types. They chart the results of the calculations before sharing and comparing them with classmates. Full Review »
Link to This
Email This
Share