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Plate Tectonics: An "Eggs"periment

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students investigate plate tectonics by observing a cracked egg shell.  In this Earth science lesson, students draw borders of continents on an egg shell, only to watch it crack in a glass.  Students record the breakup of the...
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South America Outline Map

For Students 4th - 10th
In this outline map worksheet, students discover and investigate the continent of South America. No country borders or physical features are depicted. This blank outline map may be used for a variety of classroom activities.
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South American Outline Map

For Students 4th - 10th
In this blank outline map worksheet, learners study the political boundaries of the continent of North America and those of the countries located there.
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Europe Map

For Students 5th - 10th
In this blank outline map learning exercise, learners explore the political boundaries of the continent of Europe. This map may be used in a variety of classroom activities.
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Blank Europe Outline Map

For Students 6th - 10th
In this blank outline map worksheet, students explore the political boundaries of the continent of Europe and those of the countries located there. This map may be used in a variety of classroom activities.
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Blank Europe Outline Map 2

For Students 4th - 10th
In this blank outline map activity, students explore the political boundaries of the continent of Europe and those of the countries located there. This map may be used in a variety of classroom activities.
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Africa Map

For Students 7th - 12th
In this blank Africa map worksheet, students investigate the continent of Africa and it's political boundaries. No country borders are denoted.
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Africa Outline Map

For Students 4th - 10th
For this outline map worksheet, students discover and investigate the continent of Africa and the political boundaries of its nations. This blank outline map may be used for a variety of classroom activities.
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Africa Outline Map: Labeled

For Students 6th - 10th
In this Africa outline map worksheet, students explore the political boundaries of the continent of Africa the countries located there. Each of the nations is labeled on the map.
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Human Prehistory

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students discuss the history of humans.  In this human history activity, students describe how the placement of the continents changed and where the humans began and traveled to. They discuss interaction with Neanderthals and...
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Australia: Introductory Lesson

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore Australia. In this global studies instructional activity, students listen to audio clips and watch video clips that introduce them to the the nation-continent. Students discuss what they already know about Australia and...
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Geography of South America

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students explore South America. In this geography skills lesson, students watch a video about the geographical features of the continent. Students complete worksheets on the topic.
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Where is the Water?

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explore freshwater ecosystems. In this geography activity, students brainstorm all the lakes and rivers they know then mark them on a map. Students will then mark all the major freshwater resources on each of the seven...
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Africa Political Map

For Students 6th - 8th
In this blank outline map worksheet, learners explore the political boundaries of the continent of Africa, the countries located there, and label other geographic features.
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Africa Test Study Guide

For Students 6th - 8th
In this Africa study guide worksheet, students respond to 27 short answer questions about the geography and history of the continent.
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Historical People of Asia

For Students 7th - 12th
In this Asian history worksheet, students respond to 17 questions that require them to identify historical figures from the continent and list biographical information about each of them.
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Europe Map Quiz

For Students 7th - 9th
For this Europe map quiz worksheet, students examine an outline map of the continent and label the names of each of the countries.
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If These Walls Could Talk: Seeing a Culture Through Human Features

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students read Talking Walls and discuss the walls presented and their importance to the culture. In this geography lesson, students locate and label each country/continent discussed in the book on a world map. Students take a walk and...
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The Curious Case of Mesosaurus

For Teachers 8th - 10th
In this Mesosaurus worksheet, students read 2 short paragraphs about the distribution of the fossils found of this ancient reptile. Students answer 5 questions about Wegener's Theory of continental drift and how it possibly relates to...
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Plate Tectonics-Notes

For Students 7th - 9th
In this plate tectonics worksheet, students complete a sheet of notes about the layer's of the Earth, plate tectonics, continental drift and sea floor spreading.
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Earth Origami

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
After reading a brief history of Carl Skalak's journey on the open waters, scholars make a three-dimensional model of the Earth out of an Origami balloon using a printable decorated as the Earth.
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Plate Tectonics

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students watch a video about plate tectonics. in this Earth Science lesson plan, students watch a video clip from Bill Nye about Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics. They make a slight crack in a hard boiled egg and manipulate the egg...
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Frogs Frogs Frogs

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students view a disk on the continental movement and analyze the given data on fossils, rock types and climate zones. In this geology instructional activity students draw a diagram of the earths layers, take a quiz complete a PowerPoint...
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Finding Our Place in the Community

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders search TDC database for images of our hemisphere, continent, ocean, country, state, and city. They identify their place in the hemisphere, continent, ocean, country, state, and city.

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