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In this projections worksheet, students look at projection maps of Earth and complete short answer questions about them. Students complete 4 questions.
You can literally study the ends of the earth in this presentation, which takes students through the steps of mapping coordinates using projections. These slides could be helpful in a geography class, as well as an earth science class.
Students label four of the five oceans on a map. In this oceans lesson plan, students discuss oceans, watch a video on oceans, read poems on oceans, identify them, and finally label four of the five onto a map.
Pupils collect and analyze data about the weather and learn to make a stem-and-leaf plot. They need access to a newspaper or other sources for collecting weather data.
A simple lesson plan for teaching about Islam and its spread throughout the Middle East, this resource incorporates elements of geography and culture into a lecture and map-reading activity. Begin by activating students' prior knowledge about monotheism and religions they have already studied, then introduce new information about Islam. Finally, have your young historians apply their new knowledge by drawing the spread of Islam on a Google Map of the Middle East.
Students use photo images from space to create a large map of the United States or the world, find where they live and label other places they know. They are exposed to a Web resource that allows them to view photo images of Earth taken from space.
Using an allegorical apple, locating resources by country and creating a webpage are the activities for your Junior high students. After these, they should recognize that the world has limited resources and understand the importance of keeping the world's natural resources by participating in a game.
Discover seven of the most historic aircraft and spacecraft in the collections of the National Air and Space Museum. By research into the major milestones of aviation history your students will recognize features that enable flight, identify major technological advances in aviation and spaceflight, and describe how advances have affected the lives of people.
Students examine the Earth at night. In this geography lesson, students identify the continents at night using various Internet Web sites. This lesson may be adapted for use with middle school and high school students.
Students discuss and experiment with radar mapping and probes. They also learn the benefits of the space program.