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Travel to Mesoamerica
Students research books, watch movies, and look on the internet to find information on ancient America, Mexico, and Central America. In this Mesoamerica lesson plan, students participate in a social studies unit on North America of the...
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Time Zones and Migration Patterns of the Leatherback Sea Turtle
Young scholars identify the different time zones by plotting the migration patterns of the leatherback sea turtles. They discover that traveling around the worlds includes passage through different time zones.
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Describe That State
Students broaden knowledge about all the 50 states. They combine their knowledge about states with their knowledge about parts of speech to create grammatically correct sentences that describe the characteristics of the states.
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Australia
Students participate in activities in which they discover facts about Australia. They examine its climate and history. They complete a worksheet to end the lesson.
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Forest Friends Forever
Students investigate how to use the senses to gather information about objects such as size, shape, color, texture, sound, position, and change (qualitative observations are utilized throughout this lesson). They investigate and explain...
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Now, Take a Deep Breath
High schoolers define several laws of pressure and see how they relate to scuba diving. For this ocean explorer lesson students answer questions and complete an activity.
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Latitude
In this latitude worksheet, students answer questions about latitude that include absolute locations of countries and coordinates. Students complete 12 questions.
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Lesson Plan on Migration
Fourth graders diagram written and oral directions of a Native American, European Viking, Right Whale or Humpback Whale migration route, the student diagram all directions only in the sequence given, with arrows indicating direction of...
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Land of the Rising Sun
Students survey aspects of traditional and modern Japanese customs and beliefs in the seven lessons of this unit. Both the culture and the geography of the country are studied in this unit.
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The British Empire – Where the Sun Never Set
Learners read an article on the British Empire. In this ESL lesson, students explore the British Empire from the 1600's, then work in small groups to complete several activities that reinforce the information learned in the...
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Stranded along the Coast
Students plot stranding sites onto a map using latitude and longitude as well as compass directions with respect to coastal features. They identify several species of marine animals that might become stranded; distinguish their...
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Facts About Australia: Fill-In-The-Blank
In this geography worksheet on Australia, students fill in blanks in a paragraph about Australia with words from a word bank; the paragraph contains basic facts about geography, settlement, etc.
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University of Texas: Solomon Islands: Political Map
A political map of the Solomon Islands in the Coral Sea. An inset shows the islands in relation to other islands in the South Pacific. Clicking on the map will enlarge it. From the Perry Castaneda Collection.
Nations Online Project
Nations Online: Solomon Islands
Features a country profile of the South Pacific island nation known as the Solomon Islands, background details, and numerous links to comprehensive information on the nation's culture, history, geography, economy, environment,...
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South Pacific Organizer: Easter Island Travel Guide
This is a comprehensive resource about Easter Island. It explores the mystery of Easter Island (Isla de Pascua) and its indigenous inhabitants, the Rapanui by covering the land, weather,history, flora and fauna. A dateline, and list of...
University of California
Hearst Museum of Anthropology: South Pacific Portraiture
The Hearst Museum provides an exhibition of Caroline Mytinger's paintings. Mytinger's love of art and culture led her to travel to the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea creating paintings which she brought back to the United States in...
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Asia Society: Policy
A comprehensive storehouse of all types of information on Asia, both current and past: maps and statistics, Asian food, travel guides, photographs, articles, timelines, and more. Asia Source is the work of the Asia Society, a national...
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Global Edge: Tuvalu: Introduction
Discover statistics, history, economy, culture, politics, and demographics for the island group nation of Tuvalu in the South Pacific Ocean.
Lizard Point Quizzes
Lizard Point: Oceania: Countries Quiz
Test your geography knowledge by taking this interactive quiz over the counties of Oceania in the south Pacific region.
Nations Online Project
Nations Online: New Caledonia
Great reference directory for finding information on the South Pacific island group of New Caledonia. Content includes background details, a country profile, and numerous links to comprehensive information on the nation's culture,...
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University of Texas: Vanuatu: Relief Map
A relief map of the several islands that make up the country of Vanuatu. An inset shows the islands in relation to others in the South Pacific. Clicking on the map will enlarge it. From the Perry Castaneda Collection.
BBC
Bbc: South Koreans Vent Fury at Japan
A March 2005 news report on the dispute between South Korea and Japan over a group of small unoccupied islands known in Japan as the Takeshima.
Scholastic
Scholastic History Mystery: Peoples of the Pacific Today: The Marquesas Islands
Students try to guess the mystery subject Carlotta Facts, the History Mystery Museum's professor, is studying. They read the clues, do some online and offline research, and then attempt to identify the game's mystery place, the Marquesas...
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Global Edge: Fiji: Introduction
Complete guide to the statistics, history, economy, culture, politics, and demographics for the island of Fiji in Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean.