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Pangaea Puzzle

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Learners test evidence for the existence of Pangaea in the Earth's past. They create a current map of the Earth's continents and put them together like a puzzle. They compare this result to a a picture of the shape of Pangaea.
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Tobacco: Exploring Tobacco Culture

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders are introduced to the tobacco planting process. Using primary sources, they identify the steps necessary to grow the popular crop. They create a flow map to organize the process graphically. They discuss the...
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Neotaquit Nature Center: Ecosystems, Science, Technology

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students survey their local forest conducting an inventory of tree species and analyzing data of local ecosystems. They design a nature trail, map the area and make a computer generated trail guide.
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Water Resources

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore the differences between surface water and ground water. They collect data using maps and graphs and investigate a Texas river basin and a nearby aquifer. They complete a written report of their findings regarding...
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Underground Railroad

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils research the underground railroad and create a journal as if you were either a slave running away or the "railroad operator". They then draw a map detailing the escape routes and stops of African-American slaves on the underground...
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Social Studies: Analyzing Massachusetts Immigration

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students investigate immigration in Massachusetts during the 1990's. They research a series of questions pertaining to immigration, including their experiences, obstacles, and countries of origin. They graph the five most prevalent...
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Independence Movements: India and Africa

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine the events of the independence movement of India. They listen to a lecture and complete a concept map of the independence movements of the 20th century, watch an excerpt from the movie "Gandhi," and answer...
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Technology Lesson Plan

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students measure various objects using non-standard units. The goal is for them to practice measuring in order to apply the physical act to various objects found in the classroom. The lesson is ideal for the kinesthetic learners and...
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Cultural Comparison - A Look at Vietnam and the USA

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Young scholars identify a map of Vietnam and locate it in Asia. They find the three countries that surround Vietnam. Using a CIA Fact Web site and photographs from Vietnam, students list differences and similarities of these two cultures.
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The English Settle America

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders compare immigration today with that of the colonial period. They locate colonies on a map and describe reasons their families immigrated to the United States.
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"Global Relations"

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explain the difference between each of three major ecosystems. They determine the flow of water in the St. Mary's River as it flows out of the river into the bay, and finally out into the Atlantic Ocean and identify where...
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Remember the Bridge: Poems of a People

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore poems of African Americans. They research a famous African American, write a report, create a timeline of events in African American history, create a map of the New World, and research Molly Walsh. After...
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Paws in Jobland: Lesson Plan 25 - People in our School

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students brainstorm a list of jobs that exist in their own school and its surrounding environment. In this lesson on careers, students create a map of the school and locate on the map where each job takes place. Next, the class divides...
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Get your Snow People Here

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students recall information from the story Snowballs to complete a story map. They also compare and contrast two Snow People and cooperatively create an original snow person.
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Loss of Wetlands: Subsidence

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students observe subsidence and the effect it has on wetlands with a classroom demonstration. They think about the impact of global warming and the sea level and how it affects the marsh.
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Trace Your Waste*

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine waste disposal programs in the area and record the information on a map along with ideas on where garbage should go.
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Discovering the Past Using the Future: Remote Sensing and the Lost City of Ubar

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use a video, maps, worksheets and Internet research to explore the role that sensing played in locating Ubar - the lost city of Arabia.
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Arkansas Post was actually seven different French and Spanish forts that existed along the lower Arkansas River in

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders locate on a map the 3 geographic locations of the seven Arkansas Posts and explain the reason for each location move. They compare and contrast the reasons people move in today's world with the reasons the inhabitants of...
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Traveling the Transcontinental from Yesterday to Today

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the impact of the train on the physical landscape and spatial organization of America. They read and analyze various poems, analyze maps, and develop a list of the positive and negative changes brought by the...
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Environmental Justice

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the problem of pollution and its effects on the environment. The use of questions for research stimulate thinking and advanced problem solving skills. The important skill of reflection is used to help students...
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Load the Boat To Travel the Moat

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students discover that letters stand for phonemes. They determine that spellings map out the phonemes that are found in spoken words. They analyze the correspondence, oa = /O/ and recognize the /O/ sound in spoken and written words in...
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How Does No Smoking Day Work to Help Smokers to Quit?

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students explore how to help smokers quit on No Smoking Day. They create a mind map addressing the issues including what No Smoking Day is, what does the charity do, what help is available, and what the No Smoking Day achieves. After...
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Vocational; The World's Fashion Capitols

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research the world's top five fashion capitols, locating them on maps. In small groups, they complete fashion worksheets using information provided on information handouts. In a class discussion, students consider why these...
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Plot Studies

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders are introduced to how to properly read a plot map. As a class, they take a field trip to an area surrounding the school and work together in groups to examine small sections of the different environments. To end the...

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