Learners choose from a group of entries about the culture of Peru. In this Peruvian culture lesson, students understand the definition of culture. Learners describe the culture of Peru researched in the entry and complete a worksheet.

Learners observe the construction and workings of an aquifer. They record and react to the effects of pollution on the aquifer.

Third graders explore interesting environments by exploring Louisiana. In this wetland lesson, 3rd graders utilize the web to research the State of Louisiana, the bayous in the area, and the Gulf of Mexico. Students write a journal entry...

Students explore landscapes and create their own in a creative project.

Young scholars examine water management issues. For this environmental issues lesson, students watch a PBS video to develop an understanding of watershed, aquifers, and ground water. Young scholars evaluate watershed issues in the Owens...

Student study the local landscape of Boyle Heights, California and draw a sketch of the area. Students use map making skills in this activity. Studient make a portfolio of information and photographs they accumulate over time on the area.

Students gain an understanding of ways we can be responsible custodians of our water supply. Students explore the governor's clean water initiative involving the Lower Kansas/Republican river basin and the pollutants present there.

Students gather information and create a web site on prairies and plains using a variety of resources, including the internet.

In this lesson students learn how to identify modes of transportation and communication for moving people, products, and ideas from place to place. Students also study the advantages and disadvantages of different modes of...

Students have a better understanding of another culture other than their own. This help them to see that there were other people living in this region before us.

Students examine the life of John Lawson and his many roles he took on during his life. Using their text, they discover the area in which he traveled and lived. They write an essay about his movements and identifying his contacts in...

Fourth graders use a styrofoam ball on a stick to represent earth and a light bulb in the center of the room to represent the sun. They walk around the light, holding their sticks at an angle to show the tilt of the earth's axis. They...

Students will study landform maps of states and then create a project of their own.

Canada is divided into distinct regions, each with a very different landscape and climate. Geographic and ecozone maps as well as text information is included.

Detailed geographical information on any country is available at this site. Within the World Map section, you can get facts and figures about each country's geography, demographics, government, political system, flags, historical and...

This resource provides information about the Earth, as well as satellite images and videos of what is taking place on the earth currently.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A huge resource for researchers without GIS capabilities who need data on population and land area by country across a range of physical characteristics. These include measures such as the number of...

The Mississippi Delta is disappearing because of rising sea levels and the construction of levees, yet the deltas in the Atchafalaya Bay are growing. View this video from NASA showing images collected over 31 years showing the growth of...

Inspired by Hemispheres' 2004 Teachers' Summer Institute, People and Place: Human-Geographic Relations, this curriculum unit was designed to address human adaptation to and modification of the environment. How have humans adjusted to...