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- 7th
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Students use highest and lowest points of land elevation around the world to find the differences. Sea level is zero, so students be operating with positive and negative numbers. After students find the information on the Internet, they record t Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students determine whether elevation is one of the things that affect where and how plants and animals live. They read plant and animal physical descriptions and determine the environment where the animal might live. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students use online topographical maps to fill in a chart regarding elevation and contour lines. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students recognize spatial patterns of elevation in the U.S. and relate these patterns to weather processes and human population densities. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students solve problems by recognizing patterns, creating patterns and extending them. They compare and contrast patterns. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students 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. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 6th
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Students practice measuring elevation, one of the key coordinates used by astronomers. They describe how the elevation of an object is measured. and combine compass directions and elevation to find celestial objects. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 6th
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Students access online weather data for locations at different elevations. They compare the data to discover the effect that elevation has on temperature. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students design a dream house for their family. They calculate sizes for floor plans and elevation plans and create electrical designs for each room. After researching various websites of home-building sites, they budget for each room of their house and the landscaping. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students are introduced to the concepts of elevation and slopes. Using Minneapolis and St. Paul, they graph elevation of various cities in a scenerio given to them. They also calculate the total miles traveled and organize the information into a graph. To end the lesson, they calculate the slope. Full Review »
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