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Geography resources for GATE
Creating Global Thinkers with Depth and Complexity Icons
Do you want your students learning globally, using higher level thinking, and learning geography... all in twenty minutes a day? I did too so I created this easy way to challenge your students from the moment they walk in the door.This product is easy to print and can be seamlessly implemented into your morning routine. It is recommended that you use the icons of depth and complexity (included) to push and extend student thinking.Included in this product:-Explanation, sample lesson plan, real
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3rd - 6th
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Latin America (Mexico, Central/South America) Geography Research Unit
This Latin America unit includes:
Several different activities/project layouts for you to chose from or use all! :)
As you teach about the geography of Latin America and all the countries in it, use these in their interactive notebooks!
Perfect for students to research and discover information about all of Latin America or just a country there on their own!
GREAT mini research project for GT students or early finishers to work on!
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2nd - 8th
California Valley Region Informational Reading and Activities
Each of our California four regions products - Mountain, Desert, Valley, and Coast covers:climategeologic historyland forms and other defining featuresresourcesplant and animal lifepeoplecultureindustrytransportationarchitectureConcerns for the regions' future.Also included:interactive questions or actions on every slidewriting promptactivity sheetblank glossary notesKeep your students engaged and learning with this engaging, standards-based text and activities. Great for every learning situatio
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4th
Hands On Map Skills: Cross Curricular Project to Teach Map Skills (Grades 2-4)
Tired of using worksheets to teach map skills? I used worksheets for years but something didn't feel right. I knew my students weren't learning map skills deeply when I was teaching this way. That was when the Hands on Map Skills project was born!
This is a social studies project that has cross-curricular connections to reading and math. In this project students use real maps to study their important features, all while refining their map skills. Then they get the chance to put all of this kno
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2nd - 4th
Travel Agent Research Project | No Prep | Digital & Printable
This open-ended research project turns students into travel agents as they plan a trip! They will conduct research and select a destination, then use the internet to figure out flights, hotels, activities, and more! Students will also use addition, and maybe a bit of multiplication, to determine the total cost of their trip!This Resource Includes:Digital PowerPoint VersionDigital Google Slides VersionPrintable Black & White PDF VersionCompleted in 6 Steps!1. Location Research2. Select a Loca
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4th - 6th
Road Trip Adventure PROJECT BASED LEARNING for GATE and 3rd - 8th Grades
Come along on a fun project-based adventure as students practice different forms of writing, geography skills, computer and internet technology skills, engineering and design skills, math skills, public speaking, creativity, and art.
Here is your Gold Medal Standard project based learning unit ready to go. Because this project-based unit relies heavily on student creativity and invention, the key knowledge, understanding, and success skills can be scaffolded across many grade levels. This un
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: SIMULATIONS Real-World Projects GATE Bundle Gifted
MAP SKILLS BUNDLE - CLASSROOM, BEDROOM, HOUSE, ZOO, TEST, AND CENTER
These are engaging and fun projects to teach basic mapping skills. The students learn how to use a compass, place objects using the four cardinal directions, and follow multi-step directions. Describe the location of objects relative to other locations in the classroom. (Over, near, far, left, right, north, south, east, west).- Students create an interactive house map placing pictures of the house furniture on the assigned spots. Or/and they create their own house!- Blank map for your own additi
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1st - 4th
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BUNDLE Around the World in 10 Days {STEM & Target Book}
Looking for an engaging way to teach geography and letter writing? Go cross-curricular and teach both simultaneously! Students start by 'Packing up their questions' about geography by creating an anchor chart with their teacher. Then model letter writing skills and off you go! Spend one day in each of the continents and complete a STEM Challenge! On the last day of your travels create a world map to document your experience!
This product is a BUNDLE, which is at a discounted price! These are th
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1st - 4th
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Life Skills | Plan a Vacation PBL | Project Based Learning
This PROJECT-BASED LEARNING resource is a great way to have students use real-life reading and writing skills as they plan their own overseas vacation.In this unit, students will have the opportunity to plan a trip and persuade others to join along and make memories with them!This is an easy and enriching End of Year Project. Grab basic materials, PRINT, and GO!What's the challenge? Students must find and research a foreign city to travel to. The exciting twist is that the city must start with t
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Project Based Learning | Design Process | Life Skills Travel Planning
STEM Around the World in 10 Days
This product is included in a bundle with an Around the World in 10 Days Travel Journal. Check it out HERE!
Looking for an engaging way to teach geography? Why not have students solve a STEM challenge that relates to each continent? There is STEM challenge for each of the 7 continents in this product.
This product includes:
•STEM Challenge Background information pages
•STEM Challenge Problem pages
•STEM Challenge Criteria & Materials pages
•Student STEM journal pages (Includes background i
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1st - 4th
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Geography Activities Geographer's Tools Upper Elementary Social Studies
Looking for an engaging upper-elementary geography lesson? This resource is chock-full of activities you can use to teach the geographer's tools of maps, tables, photographs, and charts! You'll get four activities that explore the different tools geographers use to organize geographic information. You'll love the quality graphics and original articles. Your students will love how interesting geography can be!You'll get four low-prep activities that can be used together or individually. Each acti
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Geography Lessons and Activities | Critical and Creative Thinking BUNDLE
Geography Lessons and Activities | Critical and Creative Thinking BUNDLE
If you're looking for fabulous lesson plans about many aspects of geography, this bundle is for you! They're the perfect way to build geography skills, critical thinking skills, and creativity skills, all at once! You'll love the super high quality graphics, original articles, and the super clear teacher instructions for every single lesson.Ten different lessons/activities are included, and all of them align with National Geography Standards. Every resource has more than one activity, so this is
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2nd - 9th
Travel Agent Project- A Geography PBL
Incorporate authentic learning into your classroom by having your students complete this PBL as you teach geography content for your state or country. The project is organized around the central question: How can you as a travel agent plan a trip to a state or country for a family?
Students will plan a trip with stops in different regions or cities, mark their trip on a map, keep within a budget, and create a persuasive presentation to share their plan. They will not only practice geography con
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3rd - 8th
Flags of the World STEM Mats - STEM Center for Building Bricks Distance Learning
If you are looking for a STEM and geography resource, or are celebrating any international sporting events, this is a great set to add to your toolbox!STEM Mats are SO easy to set up in your classroom! If you were thinking of trying STEM Fridays or Maker Mondays, or you need something more engaging for your early finishers than worksheets or reading, this is the resource for you. Not only will your students be working creatively to solve problems, they will be reading, writing, and using math sk
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1st - 5th
Also included in: STEM Activities and Challenges for K-2 - Whole Year Bundle
Project Based Learning | Design Process | Life Skills Travel Planning
This PROJECT-BASED LEARNING resource is a great way to have students use real-life reading and writing skills as they plan their own overseas vacations.This bundle includes BOTH a printable and digital option. Choose either version or go with a hybrid PROJECT-BASED LEARNING option!By purchasing this bundle, you are saving 30% off the total price of the individual resources!PRINT & GO or CLICK & SHAREThis BUNDLE includes the following resources:Plan an Overseas Vacation - Digital VersionP
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4th - 7th
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Human Impact on the Environment: Learn about Dams and Human Adaptation
Human adaptation of the environment is a critical standard, but it's not always the most exciting. Learning about dams and their impact on the environment can be fun and engaging! If you're looking for a powerful geography activity your students will remember all year, this is the one. This resource will guide your students through an understanding of how dams work, and also the effects of human adaptation of the environment. Using the GATE creativity tool of SCAMPER, task cards, and an explorat
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4th - 7th
Also included in: Geography Lessons and Activities | Critical and Creative Thinking BUNDLE
Research a Country for Primary Gifted Students
This unit is based on the work of Dr. Sandra Kaplan. Using her areas of Depth and Complexity, a student can learn more about a country than just the name of its capital, and the population. This unit includes 15 pages of activities designed for gifted and talented students in first or second grade. The student will have such activities to complete as to create a cartoon about the ethics of the country, or to draw pictures showing how something has changed over time.
clipart used from www.scra
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1st - 3rd
Salt Dough California Regions Map for Distance Learning
This is a grab and go, self-directed project. Students will create a salt-dough topographical map of California. They will label the regions. This slide presentation has detailed instructions to allow students to do this from home. The ingredients are listed. Instructions go step by step. It is a STEM project that they can work on from home with their parents.
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3rd - 5th
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K-ESS3-1
, 4-ESS3-2
, 4-ESS3-1
Gifted and Talented- Cross Country Road Trip Unit
Stimulate students with this cross-curricular, project based unit which includes geography, research, math and creative writing, culminating in an oral presentation. Students will have the opportunity to plan a cross country road trip for a family of four. They will stay busy planning their route, researching landmarks and keeping track of their exact budget. Students creativity will be ignited and they won’t even realize the extent of higher level thinking that they are engaging in. This unit
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4th - 6th
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Amazing Race Printable Templates
This file is a PowerPoint file with Amazing Race templates to create challenges, detours and roadblocks in any content area. These templates can be used digitally or as printables. Just click inside the editable text boxes to add your content.Template includes: planning pageschallenge folderroute information carddetour cardroadblock cardplayer name tagsPowerPoint slides template
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K - 12th, Staff
National Park Distance Learning Research Project: Report, PowerPoint, and Float
This project-based activity is designed to let students research, design a PowerPoint presentation, and parade a float representing a National Park for an audience of your choice. Easy to use because there are teacher tools to track assigned Parks and a rubric to score it all! Students LOVE this project and you will too! Inside You Will Find1 Parade of National Parks General Information Page1 How to Host the Parade Page1 Parent Information Page for Book Project1 Parent Information Page for Boo
Geography North American Map Skills Game Activity Second Grade Third Grade
Memorization doesn't have to be boring or mundane! If you need your students to memorize aspects of a map, this resource is your best friend! Add in a game - bonus points if they create the game! - and you've got an interactive, powerful geography tool for memorizing a simple North American continent map and the essential elements of that map.Direct instruction guidance is included to help you teach your students what they need to move forward in the activities.You can read the provided passage
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2nd - 3rd
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Also included in: Geography Lessons and Activities | Critical and Creative Thinking BUNDLE
50 States Map Skills US Geography Project Bundle United States Activity
Engage your students with this geography project where they research and fill out the maps for the different states in the United States. Great for a state project. They need to use an atlas (or maps online) to find and label the major cities, capital, rivers, lakes, major water features, mountains, or national parks and then tell some facts about each state. They create their own compass rose and legend for the map. They use a check off sheet that is specific to each state and check their work
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3rd - 5th
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Geography Latitude and Discovery of Longitude Activities Plotting Coordinates
The discovery of longitude is so fascinating! Your students will love reading or listening to the story of how the mystery was solved and engaging in super fun activities to practice their coordinate grid latitude and longitude plotting. There's an original article about the discovery of longitude written especially to keep the attention of students. Do you love making geography come alive? I made this especially because my own students got so easily bored with latitude and longitude. I knew the
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4th - 9th
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Also included in: Geography Lessons and Activities | Critical and Creative Thinking BUNDLE
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