Learners pick up science knowledge as they track and examine natural disasters. They keep a daily journal of results and reflections. Students get to follow a real tornado chaser and learn thunderstorm formation. They incorporate how...

Sixth graders examine the connection that the present has to the past and how different cultures impact each other with lasting results. They discuss European exploration in North America and West Africa by describing cultural...

Pupils explore the importance of the Gulf Stream. Using a NASA satellite images, they examine the sea surface temperature. Students collect the temperature at various locations and times. Using spreadsheet technology, they graph the...

Students examine the development of Minneapolis and St. Paul. As a class, they watch a PowerPoint presentation on the placement of cities in relationship to water. For each slide, they must answer the questions correctly to move on.

Middle schoolers participate in a scavenger hunt to gather information on their governmental officials. Using the internet, they identify and discuss the various political boundaries to determine who their representative is. They...

First graders read The Scrambled States of America and discuss whether it is real or fantasy as compared to the United States. In this geography activity, 1st graders identify their city or state on a map and work in groups to color the...

Students use position words to describe where their teacher is sitting and read a story that makes use of position words. In this spatial lesson, students make a stick puppet and play Simon Says focusing on using position words in the...

The introduction of this article explains why GIS data is so critical to a government being able to plan for natural resources development and management. The article goes on to explain key geographic concepts, what GIS is and why it...

This is an extensive resource explaining what Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are, how they work, applications of GIS, and GIS through history.

Educators can incorporate ESRI GIS into their classroom to enrich geography lessons and use this community to trade ideas with other educators.

Students use an online geographic information system (GIS) to uncover the geographic and social context of streets named after Martin Luther King, Jr. They map street locations to identify regional patterns in honoring King, consider...

Gives in-depth information about GIS - its history, what it is, techniques and tools, applications, etc.

Work with students to identify and understand the tools used to measure weather and how they're used.

In this series of lessons, students use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) together with the tools and data from the North America Global GIS CD to investigate earthquakes, volcanoes, and population from a local to global scale....

Use maps to solve problems and help animals. Click on an animal to learn important facts, then click on the map to see layers of different kinds of information.

One of a series of lessons created to accompany the film The Wildest Dream: Conquest of Everest, which explores the attempt by George Mallory in 1924 to reach the top of Mount Everest. His body was discovered 75 years later. In this...

Media-rich resource features extensive mapping tools including activities, games, reference, printables, and more.

Test preparation material for the Ohio tests in Social Studies provides video tutorials, practice interactives and assessment on geographic tools, latitude and longtitude, and regions.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Summarizes the key processes that determine the type of climate. Includes several questions to check for understanding.

Each story point in this Geostory includes images, a short bio, and an interactive mapping tool that allows students to see the regions where geography work takes place.

A comprehensive learning module on maps that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students learn about map symbols, cardinal directions, and...

A sophisticated map tool that shows the capability of soils for agriculture, with or without irrigation, for the whole of the United States. Enter a location and a color coded map is shown, along with a key for interpreting it. The...

A science activity for tween students using science and engineering skills to design a space probe to explore the solar system with. Complete lesson plan is provided to guide classroom work.

Provides the text of Geography Standard 2 for fourth, eighth, and twelth grades along with relevant activities, lesson plans, and learning activities.