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Coordinate Graphs
Students use coordinate graphs in order to identify objects and their locations. They are shown how to plot the x and y coordinates and then are given values to be plotted during guided and independent practice. Students are assessed on...
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Coral Bleaching in the Caribbean
Students use authentic satellite data on the NASA website to determine when the sea surface temperature meets the criteria to induce coral bleaching.
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Give Me a B: North Dakota Quarter Reverse
Young scholars examine the North Dakota quarter reverse and note the bison. and Badlands displayed on it. After practicing as a group making the B sound, they explore the classrom for more words beginning with that letter. Working in...
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What A Tombstone Can Tell Us
In this coordinates worksheet, learners determine the coordinates to visit a cemetery. Students determine 18 coordinates on this worksheet.
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Research Cruise Scavenger Hunt
Students track the research cruise of the Ronald H. Brown from San Diego to the Galapagos Islands. They match research groups with the key words, using the ship's daily logs to find the answers.
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Plot Current Earthquake Data
Students review earthquakes larger than 2.5 that have occurred over a span of several days using a given website reference. In this geology lesson, students plot epicenters on a world map and depth of the quake. All necessary...
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Earthquake Depth
Students research and locate earthquake epicenters on a map using latitude and longitude. They determine if the depth of an earthquake has any relationship to the distance from a plate boundary.
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Plotting Earthquakes
High schoolers, 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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The Distribution of Earthquakes
High schoolers determine the rate of seismicity by determining the frequency of aftershocks following a major earthquake. They incorporate the use of the Internet, Excel 2000, a map of their area with latitude and longitude markers, and...
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Gray Whales on the Move
Students study whale migration and their natural history. In this migration lesson students plot whale migration on a map and describe their ecosystems.
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Plate Patterns
Students review the patterns they discovered from a previous activity. In this investigative instructional activity students plot data as a class and color a map.
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Animal Trackers
Students use space technology to monitor migratory species, map their movements, and gather data about their habitats and possible responses to climatic shifts.
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Factors That Affect Climate
Fifth graders use captured portions of the Internet ("mininets") to perform research into climate. They create graphs of the data recorded using latitude as the independent variable and temperature as the dependent variable.
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Naviagational Tools
Fifth graders create a compass, with the help of written instructions and then write six sentences discussing how compasses work and why they are helpful. They discuss the different types of navigational tools and how they are helpful.
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Mystery of the Alaskan Seamounts
Students study seamounts and the processes that form them. For this Gulf of Alaska lesson students interpret data and investigate a hypothesis.
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Life in Sahara
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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Globe Lesson- The Revolutionary War
Young scholars discover using globes. In this geography lesson plan, students use a globe to outline the original 13 colonies. Young scholars also use a globe to measure the distance from London to New York City and determine how many...
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Magellan
Students identify the route of Magellan's voyage. In this map skills lesson, students use a globe to identify various coordinates where Magellan traveled.
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Globe Lesson- Early Spanish Settlements
Students use a globe. In this geography and early settlements instructional activity, students learn about the settlement of missions and haciendas in New Mexico. Students locate Mexico City and San Francisco on the globe and determine...
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The Five Themes of Geography
In this geography skills worksheet, students respond to 18 fill in the blank and short answer questions about the 5 geography themes.
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Surface Air Temperature Trends of the Caribbean
Young scholars investigate the seasonal changes to sea surface and near-surface air temperatures near the equator. They use actual satellite data to track and graph the differences in air and sea temperatures during different seasons in...
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Create Your Own Country!
Students create their own countries. In this geography skills instructional activity, students establish governments, cultural backgrounds, atlas/geography components, national anthems, and national symbols for a country they create.
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CLIL: A Lesson Plan
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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Three D Constellations
Students are introduced to both celestial coordinates and to the first rung on the distance determination ladder. They convert spherical coordinates to Cartesian coordinates to construct a three dimensional model of a constellation...