Young scholars correspond with e-pals about their community. In this cross curriculum geography, technology, and literacy lesson, students complete a postcard webquest about their home location including local photographs. Young scholars...

Students research another country and its people.  In this diversity lesson, students work in groups to research an assigned country and develop a short oral report.  Students use diversity beans to represent the people of...

Students create a landscape design using shapes, colors and textures. A key is created with hyperlinks to information reports pertaining to the plants, trees and shrubs used in the design. Explore design principal utilizing a variety of...

In this Utah state history worksheet, students read two and a half pages of information about Utah and complete 10 true and false questions.

Students complete a worksheet on personal traditions. In this cultural traditions lesson, students discuss what a cultural tradition is and why they are important to the members of the culture. Students distinguish between cultural...

Students explore Earth science by participating in an environment activity. In this biome lesson plan, students discuss the importance of a healthy ecology in order to sustain life, both animal and plant. Students utilize a cardboard or...

Students explore Earth science by identifying environmental factors. In this biome lesson, students discuss the importance of a functioning ecology and design a biome diorama. Students utilize images of trees and plants which represent a...

Fifth graders participate in an interdisciplinary project related to the Savanna biome.  In this biome building lesson, 5th graders display the elements of the Savanna biome such as the geography, animals and plants, and...

Have you wondered what the Earth's climate was like millions of years ago? Click on a period to view a map and explanation of ancient Earth's climate.

Wonderful site! Learn about climates and gather helpful information. When you are done, take the climates quiz to show what you have learned.

Find real-time daily precipitation analysis for the United States, Mexico, and South America as well as accumulated precipitation maps for the past 30 or 90 days.

This resource from the CIA World Factbook provides a detailed fact sheet of Peru. The content covers the country's geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues. It includes...

This resource from the CIA World Factbook provides a detailed fact sheet of Jordan. The content covers the country's geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues. It includes...

This resource from the CIA World Factbook provides a detailed fact sheet of Pakistan. The content covers the country's geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues. It...

This resource from the CIA World Factbook provides a detailed fact sheet of Tajikistan. The content covers the country's geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues. It...

Detailed geographical information on any country is available at this site. Within the World Map section, you can get facts and figures about each country's geography, demographics, government, political system, flags, historical and...

This classroom activity features geography facts of countries around the world. Students explore latitude, longitude, area, climate, and more. They examine maps of the area, and discover the location of a country with respect to other...

This National Geographic feature allows visitors to create their own world maps complete with capitals, oceans, climate information, satellite view, personalized trail markings and more. Choose from a detailed color map or the second...

Use real-time data to study factors that affect weather and climate, create weather instruments, and share data with students around the world.

Great slideshow to learn about latitude and longitude. There are many great discussion questions as well as maps to enhance your learning.

A map showing the division of the world into eight biomes based on different climate types around the world. There are links to more information about each biome.

This resource from the CIA World Factbook provides a detailed fact sheet of Romania. The content covers the country's geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues. It includes...

This resource presents extensive information about China. See a map of China and surrounding countries, and learn about the country's geography, people, government, military, communications, and transnational issues.

Many weather maps including world satellite images, jet streams, tropical storm trackers, temperatures and many more.