Explore animal habitats and reinforce speaking, listening, reading comprehension, and writing skills with a unit that focuses on the Arctic, desert, ocean, prairie, and rainforest. Enthusiastic scientists read informational text to...

A read-aloud anthology explores various habitats and the animals that inhabit them, from the Artic to the desert, the forest, and bodies of water. First graders listen to and discuss texts and complete word work. Each lesson offers...

Students distinguish between latitude and longitude on the map. In this mapping lesson, students participate in mapping skills to recognize spatial relationships, and where to find natural resources on the map. Students create...

Students complete a unit of lessons on the Vikings. They analyze maps, read and discuss myths, summarize the main ideas from resource materials, watch videos, sing a song, draw a picture to illustrate Norse mythology, and define key...

Students explore spatial sense in regards to maps about the globe. In this maps lesson plan, students label oceans, locate the continents and poles, follow directions, and explain the symbols on a map.

Students identify places and landmarks in North America, specifically Canada and the United States, by using and constructing maps. Six lessons on one page; includes test.

Students participate in hands-on activities using maps and globes to identify geographical features. Students use map legends to identify direction. Students locate oceans, continents, countries, states and cities. Handouts and...

Students use maps, scales, and describe locations in order to learn about spatial sense. In this spatial sense lesson plan, students participate in many activities for this spatial sense unit that should last throughout the year.

Students examine the population growth of the United States.  In this Geography lesson, students construct a map of the fifty states.  Students create a graph of the population of the USA. 

Students explore facts about South America in the four lessons of this unit. Booklets are created from the materials produced as the class delves into the topic.

Students create a "Landform Dictionary". They develop an overlay map and participate in hands-on activities to identify the key characteristics of landforms. They discuss the plant and animal life of these areas. Handouts for the lessons...

Students analyze the difference between the human habitat and the different habitats of animals in the six lessons of this unit. The students' imaginations and literature are used to explore important aspects of the living environments...

Learn all about the Arctic Tundra Biome. This site discusses where it is found, temperatures, precipitation, soil, plants and animals. It also has a few videos to view.

William Chapman explains why scientists often describe the Arctic as the "canary in the coal mine" when it comes to climate change. [3:59]

Camille Seaman describes how enterprising people and organisms have found ways to reside around both poles despite the frigid temperatures. [4:24]

Explore how the warming of the Earth's polar regions may lead to releasing greenhouse gasses.

A module to learn about matter including the exploration of mass and volume.

Visit Vlad and learn about the properties of conductors and insulators, and what materials are used for them.

Join Jacob on the Nova Zembla Expedition, and help him use suitable materials for building his house.

Journey to the North Pole in which students and teachers can use this Cyber Hunt to locate new information about this arctic region.

Join Ike when he travels in the Arctic to learn about how animals adapt to cold environments.

Learn about the exploration of the polar regions by the U.S. Navy. Links to various activities are found on the site.

Travel with your students on a virtual field trip and explore the deserts of the world! This is site is interactive and informative.

Learn about the polar ice cap ecosystem. Find out about plants, animals, adaptations, and conservation efforts.