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Climatic Changes
In this climate changes worksheet, high schoolers review the different events such as volcanic eruptions and El Nino that change the climate. This worksheet has 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions.
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Breaking News English: Thousands March Ahead Of G20 Summit
In this English worksheet, students read "Thousands March Ahead Of G20 Summit," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Words in The News ' "Crunch Time For Climate Change"
Students read about the Geneva Convention, Paris peace treaties, and Kyoto protocol. After discussing the importance of each event, students choose vocabulary words from their readings and answer questions dealing with the topic.
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Where in the World?
Fifth graders locate cocoa growing regions of the world and the chocolate companies. They examine the climate conditions that are needed to grow cocoa. They compare Ghana with the United Kingdom.
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Weather Around the World
Students learn a few key weather terminology and a variety of climates through examining and recording weather characteristics in a variety of communities around the world.
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Location of Cities 201
Students work in pairs to locate the ancient cities on a world atlas using the longitude and latitude measurements. They examine the physical and human futures that explain their locations.
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Tour of Our Century
Young scholars will research the politics, arts, social climate, technological and
scientific advances of the 1900s. They will work in cooperative groups to
identify the most significant advances of one decade then use a computer to...
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"Across Oregon On The 45th N Parallel" A Transect of Oregon
Students explore the physical geography of Oregon. In groups, students collect weather and elevation information on Oregon. They organize the data and create maps and graphs of the information. Afterward, students compare the...
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Homes Around the World
Young scholars study houses and homes from around the world and make a map collage.
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Cultures around the World
Learners explore Canadian culture. In this Canadian Culture lesson, students participate in a general discussion about Canada, then create a symbol for Canada as part of a class collage.
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Reading Around the World
Students use the internet to identify the seven continents. Using maps, they locate and identify major physical features of Earth. They are read different books by various authors on the Earth and answer questions related to it. They...
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Dreaming of a Healthy City
Ninth graders design a healthy city. They identify the essential elements of a city and describe how climate and geography can determine the layout of a city. They create a blueprint of their design and share in small groups.
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Five Themes of Geography
Students conduct research to determine why geography is important and how it provides information regarding many aspects of the world. They investigate the hemispheres, longitude, latitude and absolute location.
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Lesson: Journey of a Tree
Third graders explore the operation of a Christmas farm and how trees are shipped. After taking a tour of a Christmas tree farm and researching transportation, location and cost issues, 3rd graders create a map to show the distribution...
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Selling the Developing World
Young scholars compare and contrast the industrialized nations with the developing ones. In groups, they link a developing country with a industrialized one that could increase its economic development. They present their findings to the...
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Animals of the Cold
Learners access the Internet to research information about animals found in the coldest parts of the world. They gather data for collaborative exchange and research answers to teacher designed questions. They create original works of art...
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In The Shadow of Angkor
Students are introduced to basic historic and geographic facts about Cambodia. They understand the spiritual component of Cambodia's art. They identify Cambodia on a map of the world. They construct a graphic representation of a film...
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Loss of Wetlands: Subsidence
Students observe subsidence and the effect it has on wetlands with a classroom demonstration. They think about the impact of global warming and the sea level and how it affects the marsh.
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Making a Mountain Out of a Snow Hill: Skiing, Winter Sports, Economics, Business, Problem Solving
High schoolers explore how to select among choices of variables and analyze the cost-benefit ratio of their short and long term planning in a team activity as they consider the planning and operation of a ski slope.
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Flowers -- The Smile of Divine Love
Students collect quotations and information on flowers. They write poems about flowers and grow their own. They draw pictures of different flowers and add descriptions of them.
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Where Have All the Glaciers Gone?
Fourth graders discover that scientists examine evidence from around the world in order to explain global climate change. They see that records of climate change exist, and describe photographs interpreting changes in glaciers over time.
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Global Warming: Introduction to Global Warming
Students gather information about global warming and climate changes in preparation for future lessons on the Greenhouse Effect.
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The Global Warming Cover-Up
Young scholars explore the basic background on the causes of global climate disruption and governmental and economic reasons for downplaying its causes. Key reasons why US citizens have largely ignored the issues are examined in this...
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Climate Control
Students explore the locations, characteristics, and natural and human dangers to the Earth's biomes to better explain the relationship between daily life and the environment.