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- Kindergarten - 5th
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Students practice map-reading skills as they locate Mexico and its cities on a world map. By creating a puzzle out of a map of Mexico, students engage in a meaningful hands-on activity to help them explore that country's geography. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students identify the characteristics of desert animals that enable them to adapt to the harsh environment. They draw and color animals in their desert habitats and write riddles about the animals. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 12th
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Students explore geographic features of the desert and apply their understanding of the topography of the desert by creating a tissue paper painting. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students research how trade in Timbuktu was affected by geography. Students conduct online research to determine the major trade routes, main products of trade, plus how and why trade spread across Africa. Full Review »
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- 5th - 6th
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Students find and locate the names of foreign countries in the newspaper. They rotate through four or five learning stations on geography. Then they choose an area that interests them and write a research report. Full Review »
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- 1st - 4th
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Students list the basic human needs that are met in any environment. Full Review »
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- 1st
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Students study the desert, the plants, and animals of the desert and how they can live there. They engage in a wide variety of hands-on experiments, which illustrate life in the desert. Full Review »
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- 1st - 2nd
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Students brainstorm on what they think characterizes a desert. Outside experts come to the class to discuss desert animals with the class. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students use drama and poetry in their Geography class. In groups, they role play an interviewer or the interviewee in various plays that were presented to them. In their role, they must locate and label where the countries mentioned are or any other important historical event. To end the lesson, they review the large amount of vocabulary they were introduced to at the beginning of the lesson. Full Review »
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- 1st - 2nd
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Students use a book to discover an interesting fact from the desert using each letter of the alphabet. Using a United States map, they identify the meanings of symbols and locate deserts within the U.S. In groups, they participate in writings and discuss how climate affects how people live in those areas. Full Review »
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