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You Got The Whole World In Your Hands: Geology, Earth's Layers, Science

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students make a model of the Earth's crust out of foam in order to better explain the make-up of the Earth's layers. They add continents and oceans.
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Continents of the World

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders participate in a lesson about how people are the same, how people are different and where the continents are located. They go on a trip around the woworld to visit a country in each continent.
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Are There Really Fifty-Three Nations Within Africa?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students color a map showing that Africa consists of 53 nations and recognize the difference between a nation and a continent. The main objective of this lesson is for students to realize that Africa is a continent with many nations...
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Continent Adventure

For Teachers K - 5th
Students review or learn information regarding the 7 continents on our planet. It is also a fun movement and fitness activity.
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Global Lesson: Social Studies On-Line Global Lesson: Social Studies On-Line Continents

For Teachers 2nd
In this geography PowerPoint a simple world map on which each continent is represented by a solid green landform is the background for each of the nine slides. The continent names appear in a list on the first slide, followed by one...
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Continents

For Students 4th - 6th
For this continents worksheet, students use clues from a song titled "Continents" and match to the correct continent. A link to the song or information for obtaining is not given.
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Continental Drift

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students simulate convection waves using a model. In this earth science lesson, students explain the effect of plate movements to Earth's geography. They use the internet to find answers to graphic organizer questions.
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Plate Tectonics: Recycling the Seafloor

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students classify earth's layers and plates using Ocean Seismicity data. In this plate tectonics lesson, students outline where the plate boundaries are on the world map. They then compare these predicted boundaries with USGS map of the...
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World Map and Globe

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils locate and identify continents and countries. In this world map lesson, students locate and identify one country on each continent.
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A Look at the Geological History

For Students 6th - 8th
In this geological history worksheet, students draw a cartoon strip to sequence how the North American continent grew. Students use information about continental drift to sequence events of how the different continents were formed.
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The History of Ancient Egypt

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this World History worksheet, students use the clues to identify what historians now understand about ancient Egypt and its people. They complete each of 14 clues with a word or phrase related to what they already know.
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Sorting Information Calories from Food

For Students 7th - 10th
In this computer research learning exercise, students load ViewPoint and open the Countries file. They utilize the search tool to select countries outside the continents of Europe and North America. Students also utilize the Sort tool to...
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The Coldest Continent

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use the internet to conduct research on the continent of Antarctica. As a class, they review the continent's climate and the reasons behind the cold temperatures. After reading an article, they draw a picture of what they...
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SEEDS WE EAT

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars identify seeds humans eat and do not eat. Students make seed collections, using common kitchen foods. Young scholars display seeds from the foods they serve and discuss them with their guests. Students complete activities...
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Project WRITE

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders have been taught hwot o use a map. They also know about a compass and different types of maps. Students use a software program to locate and learn about the seven continents. At each continent they are to summarize what...
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Planet Earth

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore and analyze data from different maps in order to explain geographic diversity among the continents. Student groups research continents' physical features and examine how they contribute to quality of life for inhabitants.
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Introduction to African Folklore

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners are read "Anansi the Spider" to begin their discussion on continents. Using a map, they locate the continent of Africa and the country of Ghana. They discover who the Ashanti people are and view examples of their artwork. They...
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Getting to Know the Seven Continents

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners are introduced to basic map and globe skills. Using the internet, they identify and locate the seven continents and complete a blank map to reinforce the names of the continents. They also distinguish between land masses and...
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Island Formation

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students create models of how islands are formed by hot spots and then write a summary of their observations and of how they think their model relates to volcanic hot spots and island formation.
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Making a Globe

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students examine the mercator projection or nautical chart and observe how global maps do not have the same distance as flat maps. They design handmade globes using the meridians and equator as guides to draw in the land. They paint and...
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Rapping Regions in America

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students determine what designates a place as a region. They apply their criteria for a region to the US map. They work in groups to write a rap about their region that describes its organization, type and structure.
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Identifying Continents and Oceans

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students locate and identify the four major oceans and the seven continents on a world map. They use an unlabeled world map and compass rose to describe relative locations of the continents and oceans.
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Mapping Dinosaurs in Place and Time

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders study the continents that specific dinosaurs lived on. They compare the continent's location and climate when dinosaurs live there with its current location.
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Exploring the Continents Through the Arts

For Teachers K
Students examine the continents and explore geographic components in the fifteen lessons of this unit. The location of the continents, the equator, the four major oceans, and the music, food, literature, dance, and drama from each of the...