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Asian Civilizations
Seventh graders complete computer based research to complete a travel brochure that highlights an Asian civilization.
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White Bear Lake Fitness Challenge
Learners participate in fitness challenge. After choosing a destination they would like to visit, students record their mileage to their destination after riding on bikes and walking on treadmills. Learners receive an incentive...
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Geologic cross section of Manhattan, NYC
Students draw an accurate geologic cross section by using a given data table. They relate the features of the cross section to geologic processes. Students then relate the characteristics of the bedrock to the architecture.
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Food and Languages of the World
Students explore and notice how foods from different countries of the world are alike and different. In this food and languages of the world lesson, students examine fruit and bread from a variety of countries around the world....
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Beyond the Tap
Students explain the basic properties of a watershed including how water flows from higher to lower elevations and how watersheds are interconnected. They comprehend how the placement of buildings, roads, and parking lots can be...
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MEDIEVAL SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Seventh graders examine the area of medieval Sub-Saharan Africa through eyes of travelers in the company of one of history's greatest travelers, Ibn Battuta. The project has been structured to include all the State standards for this unit.
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Oceans: A Sensory Haiku
Young scholars create an ocean haiku. In this haiku lesson plan, students use their five senses to write a haiku. Young scholars watch videos about the ocean, make a sensory portrait, and create a class haiku.
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Contributions of Ancient Civilizations Applied to Multimedia
Sixth graders complete a long-term unit on ancient and early civilizations. They conduct Internet research, define key vocabulary terms, analyze maps, and create a PowerPoint presentation about a selected early civilization.
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Travel-Tracer-Literature Circles
In this travel tracer literature circle learning exercise, students track where the action of a story takes place by recording where the action begins, where key events happened, and where the events ended. They describe the settings in...
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Common Themes
Tenth graders test usefulness of a model Earth by comparing its predictions to observations in the real world. In this landforms lesson students construct an island from a contour map using model clay then analyze the landscape...
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Mapping Fairfax County Service Providers
Learners brainstorm a list of services governments should have available to its citizens. Using the internet, they locate as many of these services as possible and compile a class list. They also analyze specific programs to consider...
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Paleogeographic Mapping (o.k. Fossils Are Neat But What Good Are They?)
Students examine how evidence from fossils can be used in paleogeographic interpretation. They gain experience in developing multiple hypotheses.
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Text Map: The Structure of Shakespearean Drama
Students identify the structure of Shakespearean Drama. In this Shakespearean drama lesson, students identify features common to Shakespearean drama and explain their purpose.
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Magnitude vs Intensity
Students use a zipcode map to locate earthquake experiences based on the Modified Mercalli Scale. They discuss the difference of the magnitude of an earthquake compared to the intensity of the shaking it causes.
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Geographic Regions of Arkansas
Students examine maps that illustrate the various regions in Arkansas. They label the individual regions on a blank map that is divided into the regions and color each region a different color. Groups research a region and create a...
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Hidalgo's Fight for the Independence of Mexico
Tenth graders study and examine the life of Miguel Hidalgo while working to identify major themes. Small groups create sequence of event chains, analyze and label maps of Hidalgo's travels, and work together to create giant chalk maps...
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John Muir in California
Fourth graders listen to key events in John Muir's life and plot locations on a California map. They discover that John Muir was an immigrant to California who encountered environmental problems and found solutions.
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Florida: U.S. Geography for Kids
In this Florida geography worksheet, students locate and label the important features of Florida and create icons for the economy and culture of Florida.
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Book: Latinos Today: Facts and Figures
Students, after reading Chapter 1 in the book, "Latinos Today: Facts and Figures," identify and characterize the four main ethnic/racial groups in America. They calculate and design a bar graph showing their populations by their...
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Plotting Earthquakes
Students, after plotting earthquake locations on the map, should correctly; identify the pattern of earthquake locations and identify the ring of fire.
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Musical Plates
Students receive current data on the movement of plates on the earth's crust. These plates shift and the magnitude of their shift over time can be tracked. They track this velocity vector on a global map and determine the speed of the...
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Algebra/Geometry Institute Summer 2007: Graphing Activity
Seventh graders practice identifying coordinates by examining a city map. In this graphing lesson, 7th graders create coordinate directions on an index card and practice locating these locations on a grid. Students read and...
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What is the Population Distribution of Cartoon Characters Living On the Pages of Your Newspaper?
Students read various cartoons in their local newspaper and calculate the population demographics, spatial distribution and grouping of the characters. Using this information, they create a population distribution map and share them with...
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Meteorologist for the Day
Fourth graders examine the symbols used on weather maps. They analyze a newspaper weather forecast and identify and discuss the various symbols used on the map. Next, they prepare a weather map for their own city using the symbols...
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