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Movement of Air Mind Map Activity

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Students explore the movement of air.  For this air lesson, students discuss and give examples of air ventilation.  Students compare outdoor and indoor air quality.  Students create mind maps as a visual representation of what they have...
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United States: Physical Features Fun

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this map worksheet, students color and trace eleven listed features on a map of the United States. Students answer six additional questions about the map. A United States map is not provided. However, websites are provided to find...
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It'll Go With the Flow...

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students construct a water table elevation contour map and consider the direction and rate of groundwater flow to predict the actual runoff pattern. They discuss their findings and evaluate a hypothetical landfill site based on data...
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Ancient Rome: Map Work

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore the Roman Empire. In this ancient Rome lesson, 7th graders participate in activities that require them to examine the history , political structure, chronology, and significant figures of the empire.
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Science Excursion: Cover Mapping Land

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Young scholars study remotely sensed images and topographic maps to classify land cover types in their watershed area. They take samples in the watershed area to interpret the images.
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Mapping Your Watershed

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Pupils examine student created maps to locate geographical features such as hills, cliffs, flat meadows, stream beds, etc. They use watershed topo maps to identify landmarks, water flow, and elevation of several features. In addition,...
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Earth's Water

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
If the majority of our planet is covered with water, why do we need to bother conserving it? With a thorough and varied investigation into the location and types of water on the earth, learners will gain an understanding of why this...
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NY Learns

Geography of the Fertile Crescent by ECSDM

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Using Google Earth, a vocabulary assignment, and map handout, your class members will outline the Fertile Crescent in Mesopotamia and identify the source of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. They will then complete graphic organizers...
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Water Conservation

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Open learners' eyes to the challenge of finding safe drinking water – something we often take for granted in our country. The PowerPoint presentation includes images, graphs, diagrams, and even a video to stimulate discussion on how we...
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Texas Heart Institute

Anatomy: How Does the Cardiovascular System Work?

For Teachers 6th Standards
How can the circulatory system compare to a city map? Pupils distinguish the "roadways" and "vehicles" of the cardiovascular system, compare the anatomy and function of veins and arteries, and review different types of blood cells with...
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The Faithful Friend

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students work in co-op groups to create a Reader's Theater production of the story. Students create a flow map that sequences the major events in the story. Students research the island of Martinique and create a travel brochure...
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Sequence Writing: Life Cycles - Plant Life

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students investigate the stages of plant life. Students create a K-W-L chart. They describe six main stages of the plant life cycles. Using stickers, students create a life cycle flow map.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

How "Grand" and "Allied" Was the Grand Alliance?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learn more about the Grand Alliance with a scaffolded lesson plan that includes four activities. Class members use primary sources to complete a map exercise, understand the goals and objectives of each individual nation, and participate...
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PA Watersheds, Many Ways to the Sea

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the water cycle and the factors that interact with watersheds.  In this watersheds instructional activity students describe the purification process, trace the flow of infiltrate water through aquifers, and research the...
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Natural Features

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students identify natural features on a map. In this map skill lesson, students use a landscape picture map to identify mountains, hills, islands, lakes, and rivers. Students use post-it notes to demonstrate their location.
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Natural Features

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students identify natural features on a map. In this geography lesson, students identify six physical features and create pictorial definitions for each term. The terms which are listed in this lesson are mountain, hill, island, river,...
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The Cardiac 100

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students make a full scale diagram. In this heart and blood flow instructional activity, students pretend they must design the cardiac 100 racecourse and they must teach the new blood cells how to get around the heart. Students create a...
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Coastal Surveys

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students investigate the human impact on coastal land. In this coastal surveys lesson plan, students choose a coastal area and complete a survey sheet about the area. They choose a topic about a sea side village called Dunwich to prepare...
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Rivers that Flow from the Continental Divide: The Journey of Two Rivers

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore river routes. In this social studies lesson, students trace the route of a river from its source and discuss the Continental Divide. Students draw the route the river takes and name the states it flows through. Students...
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United States Map- Rivers

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students identify major rivers on a map of the United States. In this geography activity, students discuss what a river is and use a map marker to identify the symbol of a river on a map.
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Controlling the Flow of the Colorado River: A Study of Dams

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars research and map the Colorado River and its dams and predict the effects of a dam on an area. They suggest reasons a dam would be built and compare the Colorado River system with other major river systems within the US and...
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Mapping a Temperature Field

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students measure and graph temperatures. In this temperature field lesson plan students use a map to measure and plot field values and construct isolines and interpret the results.
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Mapping Data Made Manageable

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars explore how to select unbiased random samples as they choose report data to include on maps. They propose methods for choosing random numbers and discuss their advantages and disadvantages. They consider bias in science.
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Kansas River: Where Do They Come From? Where Do They Flow? Which Ones Make the Kansas River Grow?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students identify major rivers in Kansas, identify the direction which they flow and identify tributaries of the Kansas River. Students examine what occurrences upstream influence water quality downstream.

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