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Life in Sahara

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the geography of the Sahara region of Africa and identify characteristics of a desert habitat. They explore the culture of the people living there and how it has adapted to desert life.
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5 Themes Awareness of Current Event Issues

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Young scholars analyze newspaper articles for the 5 themes of geography. They create a colorful portfolio explaining how each theme: location, place, etc. is relevant in a chosen current event.
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Mystery of the Alaskan Seamounts

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers study seamounts and the processes that form them.  In this Gulf of Alaska lesson students interpret data and investigate a hypothesis.
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Surfing for Earthquakes and Volcanoes

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students search the Internet for data pertaining to the world's volcanic and seismic activity.
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New Hampshire and the Five Themes of Geography

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils explore the location, place, human-environmental interactions, movement, and regions of the New Hampshire landscape through the use of visual representations.
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Geology Word List

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, students review the vocabulary words for the separate categories related to the concept of geology.
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Tough Boris Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners practice their expressive voices. In this Tough Boris lesson plan, students read the story by Mem Fox, discuss feeling, and use their own voice to express emotions.
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Early Explorers

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners answer short answer questions and participate in a role play where they are explorers being interviewed. In this early explorers lesson plan, students discuss why it is beneficial to be the first one in a place.
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CLIL: A Lesson Plan

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore Vancouver. In this Vancouver geography and English language building instructional activity, students brainstorm what they know about Vancouver and predict what their text will cover. Students listen to the informational...
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Chinese Folktales

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine Chinese folktales. In this literature and philanthropy lesson, students read Chinese folktales and analyze their literary elements. Students consider the effects of generosity in the tales and in their own lives.
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Learning to Give: Generosity of Spirit Folktales

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read two Inuit folktales about life and death. In this language arts lesson, students study the models of giving found in these Inuit tales about life, death, grief, sacrifice, and generosity. As the class reads these tales,...
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On the Road Again": Moving People, Products, and Ideas

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
For this lesson learners 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...
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Vocabulary Review: Completing Sentences

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this vocabulary worksheet, students check the word that will correctly complete a sentence, 7 sentences. Students choose from 4 words.
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Chuuk Introduction (Middle School)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students pretend they are visiting a relative in the Chuuk nation of Micronesia. Using their knowledge of the 4th of July, they compare and contrast the holiday to the Chuuk's independence day. They create travelogues that outline...
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The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush: Native American Life

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read," The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush" by Tomie dePaola and discuss the way legends are passed down orally. They then create their own legend and illustrate it on a simulated "Buffalo Skin" made from brown paper.
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The Life of Dona Felisa Rincon De Gautier

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners identify Puerto Rico and discuss its relationship and proximity to the United States. Next, students identify significant events that occurred during Dona Felisa's term in office and how if may have affected her popularity. ...
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Social Studies for Kids: Latitude and Longitude

For Students 5th - 8th
A collection of latitude and longitude mapping activities ranging from pin-pointing exact locations on the globe to researching the history behind this basic geography concept.
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Smart: Latitude and Longitude

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Try to locate famous landmarks using latitude and longitude coordinates in this interactive classroom activity.
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City University of New York

Virtual Geology: Where on Earth: A Latitude and Longitude Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
This quiz starts with select points on a globe. Students must determine the latitude, longitude, and direction for each point.
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National Geographic

National Geographic: A Latitude/longitude Puzzle

For Students 2nd - 6th
Through examining maps students will be able to identify locations and characteristics of them based on latitude and longitude and infer what events might occur in the places.
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Wiki How: How to Get Longitude and Latitude From Google Maps

For Students 9th - 10th
This article will teach you how to get longitude and latitude for any given location using Google Maps.
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ABCya

Ab Cya: Latitude and Longitude Treasure Hunt

For Students 1st - 8th
Use the longitude and latitude clues to find the treasures on the map. The more treasures you find the more challenging it will be to find them.
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New York Times

New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: Latitude & Longitude

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Here is an interactive & printable crossword puzzle developed by the New York Times Learning Network. The theme of this puzzle is Latitude & Longitude.
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American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Places on the Planet: Latitude and Longitude

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students learn how citizen scientists involved in the Geological Society of America's EarthCaching project use GPS technology and latitude and longitude coordinates to find special places on the Earth.

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