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A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students complete a population pyramid for a city they are studying. They may complete a population pyramid for their city and another one for the country in which the city is located. They compare and contrast the results of the two...
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Natural Disasters

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students create an expressive painting documenting their experience of a storm. They create a slide show presentation comparing and contrasting the impact and the response to a natural disaster in the 19th century with the impact...
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World Geography: Global Interdependence

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are able to discuss the theory of climate change. They identify examples of how climate change impacts the earth's geo-spheres. Students are able to use the example of climate change to describe the interdependence of the...
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What State????

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study the United States. They research not only the state they live in, but the other 49 states. This webquest gives them an exciting way to study about our 50 states through cooperative learning, library research, and use of...
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Capital for Cookies

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders find the meaning for capital, land, labor and enterprise and relate them to economics of a place. In this economics lesson, 4th graders form a company to make an agricultural product and look for the resources they will...
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Trails of Understanding: The Earliest Immigrants

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research Native American tribes. For this human migration lesson, students determine how tribes lived and established cultures. Students create PowerPoint presentations that feature their findings.
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Regional Landforms and Native People

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders study the Native American tribes of Maidu and Miwok by studying Internet artifacts, culture, language, music, storytelling, architecture, food, clothing, crafts and geology.
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Would You Drink This?

For Teachers K - 9th
Students examine how they affect water quality of those who live downstream after identifying rivers and river basins in Kansas.
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Ancient Greece

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine the research that archaeologists have done on a Late Bronze Age shipwreck in order to work out the extent of trade in the Eastern Mediterranean during this period, with emphasis on the involvement of the Mycenaeans...
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The Arctic and Taiga Ecozone of Canada

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students discover the differences in the Arctic and Taiga regions of Canada. They identify physical and human characteristics of both region. They also practice using an atlas.
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Who We Are

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students analyze population data and trends in Canada over a given amount of time. As a class, they are introduced to the concept of dependency load and use a population pyramid to calculate the figure. Using the internet, they...
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"Tsunamis"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students visit a PBS Website about tsunamis to consider their causes, effects and steps countries have taken to try to defend against them. They answer questions and create a brochure explaining tsunami facts and procedures to survive a...
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Japan

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders experience, through a hands-on approach, Japan's geography, daily life, language, foods, education, customs, art and literature. They discover all the exciting events that take place to make it really seem like they are...
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Traveling Technology

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students create a dream vacation.  In this traveling technology lesson, student use the internet, travel brochures and maps to research and create a dream vacation.  They determine the complete itinerary and the total cost.
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Using Vegetation, Precipitation, and Surface Temperature to Study Climate Zones

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students begin their examination of the climate zones found around the world. Using a software program, they identify the relationship between the vegetation, climate and temperatures of the different zones. They also plot coordinates...
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Topography of Africa

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study Africa's diverse landscape and investigate how these features impact the available water supply, food sources, and population distribution of the continent. They compare topographical features and their affect on each...
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"Four" Goodness Sake

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders recognize that ethnicity, religion and geography are reflected in the food choices we make. In this food choices instructional activity, 4th graders discuss different types of food from different places. Students compare a...
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Quilt Squared

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study West Virginia quilts. In this mathematics lesson plan, students use symmetry, geometric shapes, and patterns to create their own quilt square.
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Traffic Calming

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders are introduced to the steps in solving a problem. Using traffic problems, they offer suggestions to solve this problem using the steps mentioned above. They also discuss what types of alternatives can be used to make the...
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Social Studies: Canadian City Comparison

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils research Canadian population distribution while comparing and contrasting the quality of life in two cities. They discuss issues and problems that cities and rural towns face. Students apply various methods, such as graphs and...
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Site vs. Situation: Location! Location! Location!

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students examine places with a similar latitude to Alabama, and discuss the importance of a location's site versus its situation. They analyze maps, create a chart, and write a paragraph on the difference between site and situation.
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Our City

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders familiarize themselves with the town they live in by practicing their imagination, library research and writing skills.
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A Native American Cultural Exchange

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders communicate with members of Native American tribes via email, exchange original poems with epals, and create multimedia presentations to share with classmates.
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World Continents

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students identify the continents of the world. In groups, students create a three-dimensional clay representation of their assigned continent. Using KidPix software, they draw and color their continent. Students research their continent...

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