Curated OER
All Things Chinese
Fourth graders bring in items or pictures related to Chinese culture. The items are displayed in the room as a museum exhibit.
Curated OER
Discovering Demographics
Young scholars analyze demographic data including a statistical overview of India. Students synthesize their findings and create an informational poster about India.
Curated OER
Hajigul's Story: A Creative Drama
Students listen to stories about and research the life of an Uighur child from China. They investigate their own cultural heritage and design a mural.
Curated OER
It's A Jungle Out There!
Students report on an animal according to its appearance, habitat, and characteristics.
Curated OER
The European Union 3
Sixth graders identify countries in the European Union (EU).They consider the positives and negatives of group membership. Students create a mock governing body for their school and make a membership ID.
Curated OER
Earthquake Unit
Eighth graders watch the "Earth, the Environment & Beyond" video on earthquakes. Take notes and give an oral summary. They build a working, two dimensional model of a strike-slip, thrust, or normal fault.
National Geographic
National Geographic: Mapping the World's Watersheds
In this lesson, students use a world map to locate and label major rivers and their watersheds. They then compare watershed shapes and look at typographical features that determine their shapes. A vocabulary list with definitions is...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: World Atlas: Philippines
This map of the Philippines from MapQuest is a clear map labeling the cities, islands, and physical features. There is also a chart of some quick facts about the country.
Information Technology Associates
Information Technology Associates: Quick Maps
View countries of the world. Maps are quick and easy to read. Some are designed to be printed out for coloring and/or labeling.
Library of Congress
Loc: Waldseemuller's Map: World 1507
The 1507 World Map by Martin Waldseemuller is one of the world's most important maps. For the first time, this map labels America and shows the continent as a separate land mass. It is often referred to as America's Birth Certificate....
SMART Technologies
Smart: World Map
This lesson features a world map with labeled countries, a global map, and an interactive map of the seven continents.
Other
University of Wisconsin Marathon County: Koppen's Classification Map
Keeping vegetation in mind, Koppen's Climate Classification Map is the most widely used system of measuring the combination of precipitation and temperature. This map identifies areas and labels them variations of tropical, dry,...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: China Through Mapping
For this lesson, Mimi Norton integrates world geography with the study of Chinese culture and history by engaging her young students in a variety of activities to locate natural and human-made landmarks on maps of China. To build...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Robotic Perimeter
Students learn and practice how to find the perimeter of a polygonal shape. Using a ruler, they measure model rooms made of construction paper walls. They learn about other tools, such as a robot, that can help them take measurements....
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: The Continents
Brightly colored printouts, maps, and graphics on the greatest land masses on earth. See how continental drift works, look up extremes, label maps, learn about latitude, longitude and other geography terms. Teachers will find a Landforms...
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Geography
At this site from Enchanted Learning, you can take a quiz, printout a map of the United States of America, and see where the Middle East is located in the world. Links are also provided for additional information.
Curated OER
Indexed Tectonic Map of the World
Here you'll find a map of all the active volcanoes by region. Links to additional information are also provided.
Digital Dialects
Digital Dialects: Geography Games: Oceans and Seas
Study a labeled world map showing the oceans and seas, and then try to match their names to their locations on a blank map.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Dinosaurs: Data and Chance
Students can play learning games to explore how to label, read, and create graphs using a dinosaur theme.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Rice Field: Seasons and Measurement
Students will practice ordering, measuring, and labeling non-standard units of measure.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Pizza (Italian) Restaurant: Data and Chance
In this interactive site, students practice with bar and picture graphs by helping a pizza place collect and analyze their data.
Curated OER
Merriam Webster: Visual Dictionary Online: Tectonic Plates
Labeled map showing locations of world's tectonic plates.