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\nTeachEngineering: Digital Mapping and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)\n

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\nA multidisciplinary unit has young engineers explore Geographic Information Systems (GIS), an essential tool in planning any engineering projects. The lessons and activities in Part 1 of the unit look at GIS in general. Part 2 focuses on...\n
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\nUnit 1: Introduction to World Geography - The 5 Themes of Geography\n

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\nThe seven resources in the Introduction to World Geography - The 5 Themes of Geography unit are designed to give middle schoolers an overview of what they will learn studying geography. The first lesson focuses on the five themes...\n
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\nFlat Maps and Globes\n

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\nFlat maps and globes are described in this short video. Students share the differences between the two using helpful props and demonstrations.\n
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\nCharting Neptune's Realm:\n

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\nStudents explore how to construct and interpret maps and globes and find information about people, places, regions, and environments.\n
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\nMake a Balloon Globe\n

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\n\"We've got the whole world in our hands,\" is what your students will be singing after completing this fun geography activity. Using the included templates for the seven continents and a balloon, they create their very own globes.\n
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\nCreating a Map to My House\n

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\nHere is a simple assignment that will introduce your young geographers to location, one of the five themes of geography, through an activity in which they map the directions and lines of latitude/longitude of where they live. \n
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\nRead a Map ... It's a Snap!\n

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\nStudents are introduced to map and globe skills. They use grids and are able to construct their own simple maps of familiar places. Students are able to define a map, globe, and symbol and use the direction words north, south, east,...\n
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\nReading the World: Latitude and Longitude Lesson latitude and longitude, maps, coordinates on a map, prime meridian, reading maps, equator, globes\n

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\nFind five activities all about longitude and latitude! Use oranges to show the equator and prime meridian, plot birthdays on a map using coordinates, and plan a dream vacation. \n
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\nIntroducing Maps Through Dance\n

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\nStudents are introduced to the key concepts of maps; direction, pathway/line, shape and symbol. They create the pathways and shapes they have \"mapped\" out on paper on the floor. They dance along the paths.\n
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\nMapping Worksheet #1\n

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\nGet out the compass and a pencil its time to use a coordinate grid to practice mapping skills. Young cartographers use the prompts and provided grid to plot locations, draw parallel lines, and determine distances between points. \n
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\nWhy All Maps Lie\n

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\nEighth graders discover the fundamental advantages/disadvantages of both maps and globes. They see that maps may distort size, shape, distance and direction. They discuss the advantages and applications of 5 types of map projections and...\n
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\nWhere Am I? Navigating Around the Globe\n

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\nThird graders review spatial sense learned in grades one and two. They measure distances using map scales. They use atlases, and on-line sources to find geographical information.\n
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\nMapping Skills\n

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\nSpark interest and enhance your pupils' map skills using Matteo Pericoli's book, See the City: the Journey of Manhattan Unfurled. Through Pericoli's illustrations and text, learners explore the East and West...\n
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\nWhere in the World is Hawaii?\n

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\nLearners compare a globe and a two-dimensional world map and explore how they both represent the planet Earth. They locate the Hawaiian Islands on the globe or the world map and describe how the geographical position is unique.\n
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\nPlotting a Hurricane Using Latitude and Longitude\n

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\nLearners define and use \"absolute location,\" latitude, and longitude. They locate on a map or globe the Earth's poles, circles, tropics, and beginning points of measurements for latitude and longitude.\n
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\nMagical Maps\n

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\nSecond graders discuss the importance of using maps and how they are used. After they listen to a folktale, they develop their own story line maps and write their own folktale to accompany a map. They also identify and locate the seven...\n
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\nWhat do Maps Show: How to Read a Topographic Map\n

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\nStudents identify the characteristics of topographical maps. Using examples, they practice reading them and describing the information they gather from them. They also discover how to use the website from the U.S. Geological Survey.\n
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\nUsing Different Kinds of Maps\n

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\nThird graders explore the landforms and population diversity. They read maps and examine geographic terms. Students create their own map of the United States and answer questions about the location of people. After exploring the map, 3rd...\n
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\nUS City Quality of Life Analysis and Comparison\n

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\nStudents analyze US census data and criteria to compare and measure the quality of life in the country's fifty largest cities. After accessing the 2005 quality of life world report online, students conduct their study to compare three...\n
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\nIntroduction to the United States Map\n

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\nYoung scholars explore the United States using a map. In this map lesson, students discover how to use a United States map and a globe to locate places.\n
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\nFinding Your Way Using Maps and Globes\n

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\nStudents identify the similarities and differences between different maps and globes. Individually, they create a map of their classroom along with a compass rose. They also practice reading maps as a class and finding specific locations.\n
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\nIntroduction to World of Geography Test\n

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\nAssess your learners on the five themes of geography and the most important key terms and concepts from an introductory geography unit. Here you'll find an assessment with 15 fill-in-the-blank and 14 multiple-choice questions, sections...\n
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\nAn Introduction to Maps\n

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\nFirst graders are introduced to a variety of maps such as globes, street maps, atlases, and different types of floor plans. The focus of the lesson requires individuals to create their own plan of the classroom using the PowerPoint...\n
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\nMap Puzzles\n

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\nStudents make puzzles from world maps, dramatizing how much of the globe is covered by ocean.\n
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