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8th grade geography centers for Microsoft Word
ROAD TRIP PROJECT
This Road Trip Project is meant for middle school math students, but can be changed for younger or older.
In this project, students must choose ten places to stop at around the United States of America. At each stop, they need to go to at least one attraction and stay at a hotel. They need to calculate the cost to visit each location and the cost of travel, keeping in mind the mileage for the vehicle they choose.
This purchase includes a full description of the project, tables for students to
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5th - 10th
NEW MEXICO GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY, GOVERNMENT FUN PACK
THIS begins with a reading section about the state which consists of paragraphs in English followed by their Spanish translations on topics such as the state flower/mammal/song, geological features, Native Americans, Spanish Governors Oñate and Vargas, settlers, the Old Spanish Trail, Santa Fe Trail, the Manhattan Project, space business, state government branches, famous people, Cesar Chavez Day etc;
Word Search: A. Geography Of New Mexico:
Answers Key For Word Search: A. Geography Of New Mex
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6th - 8th
200+ Premade Geography Terms for Word Wall + Blank Strips to Make Your Own
121+ Geography term for use of a Word Wall + blank strip for extra words. Font: 39 SmoothAbsolute locationAccessibility resourceAcculturationAcid rainActive volcanoAgricultureAltitudeArchipelagoAshAtlasAtmosphereAxisBayBedrockBiosphereBirth rateBoundaryButteCanalCapeCapital goodsCapitalismCardinal directionsCarrying capacityCartographerCinder coneClimateColonialismCommand economyCommercial farming CommunismCompass roseGeographyConiferousConstitutional monarchyConsumerContinentContinental climate
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6th - 12th
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Google Ma(p)th: St. Patrick's Day Treasure Hunt
Dive into the spirit of St. Patrick's Day with "Google Ma(p)th: St. Patrick's Day Treasure Hunt," an engaging and educational journey designed to enchant 4th and 5th graders. This interactive product combines the thrill of discovery with the challenge of math, guiding students to uncover hidden treasure spots located at significant St. Patrick's Day celebrations across North America and Ireland. By solving math problems, participants will decode the precise coordinates of festivities, from the
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4th - 10th
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Five Themes of Geography - Country Matching Cards
If you are studying the 5 themes of geography (Location, Place, Region, Movement, Human-Environment-Interaction), this card sorting activity is a definite must buy!Students match the geographical information to their corresponding theme as well as the country. The packet contains 15 different countries, but I have used color-coding to create three sets of five nations. The interesting tidbits are a great way to review the major aspects of the five themes, and they also help students get intrig
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7th - 8th
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Coordinate Graph using the World!
This is a fun assignment which involves students researching famous areas around the world and plotting points on a world map.
It's a great inter curriculum assignment tying math and world geography together. I had my students research the cities on the internet before plotting the points. The worksheet can be modified to put any landmark you choose.
Hope ya enjoy it!
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5th - 8th
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Government Survival Team Building Worksheet Activity & Reflection
Students have been stranded with no hope for survival. They must work in teams to create order by determining if they should have a leader, who will be chosen, what happens to the property, what jobs are needed and who decides, what laws there will be and how they will be enforced, etc. There is also a reflection included. This document is editable to fit the needs of your classroom.
Grades:
4th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS3-3
Gap Minder - Place Geography
GapMinder.org is a great tool that you can use to get your students to start learning Geography. This easy-to-use worksheet will generate discussion and get your students talking about Place in an intriguing and nuanced way. In my class, I give students about twenty minutes to browse through the website and answer these questions. Afterwards, we discuss their insights and I help connect it back to the geographic theme of place. Students gain a lot of key insights about the theme as well as h
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7th - 8th
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Crossing the Continents
Crossing the Continents is a non-fiction interactive unit that works perfectly for small group or large group settings. It is easily adaptable for grades 2 through 12. I have personally used it in grades 3, 4, and 5.
I incorporate Crossing the Continents as a station in my small groups on a daily basis. It is also a go to for when students finish activities early. This interactive unit promotes practice on vocabulary, grammar, writing, figurative language, reading skills, comprehension, fluenc
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3rd - 8th
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Linear Inequalities Around the World Word Problem Algebra Math Stations
This Around the World Activity features true and interesting facts about countries from around the world embedded into inequality word problems. I originally created this to get my students used to having irrelevant facts and unknown words in math problems but they loved the concept so much that it became something more.
The names used in the problem, and specific activities that each problem is about are based off researched information about each country. There are also facts about each count
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Grades:
7th - 11th
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Washington DC Metro Map Geometry and Challenge Worksheet
This worksheet is great for students who need an extra challenge and incorporates real life skills of reading a map. Includes geometry questions about parallel and intersecting lines. Students need to read the map key to answer questions.
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4th - 9th
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Survival Geography (Individual or Group) Social Studies Worksheet Acitivities
In groups or individually, this is the perfect plan for students to pretend they are stranded in the middle of the desert and must rank items by importance to survival. Students can debate as well.I like to change the geography and have students justify their answers based on location. Answer key included.This is a great time filler OR sub plan.
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4th - 9th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS3-3
Map Skills Choice Board Activities & Worksheets
There is one choice board with 9 activities. This is perfect to use during the unit or for sub plans.
Grades:
4th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS3-3
Reading Relay Game- Westward Expansion & Transportation
*Includes rules on how to play the game.
*one copy of the reading strips you will use (make one copy per assigned team/group/station). There are 17 questions total.
*one copy of the answer key, for quick reference for the teacher
I personally like to print each team/group/station on a different colored bright paper, so I know which team strip I am looking at for the correct answer and which strip I will be giving to them for the next clue.
I have this game in multiple units throughout the yea
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Grades:
5th - 12th
Geography - African Folktale activity
While reading sections of the African folktale "Abiyoyo," students will draw a comic strip scene that gives a visual representation of the story.
*I have used this during my Africa unit in geography to appeal to those students who are artistically inclined.
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6th - 12th
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Early Explorers of North America
Sequential List explorers by country Gives details of trips / findings
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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RACE Written Response Writing Worksheet Activities for Social Studies
15 pages of questions to use for RACE (written response writing strategy) in the social studies classroom. This document is completely editable to fit the needs of your classroom. Topic include: Map SkillsGeographyGovernment Around the WorldHuman Systems / Places & RegionsEarly Civilizations
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4th - 9th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS3-3
Place and Liveability Key Terms Mix & Match
Great starting activity - see where you students are at and which key terms they know. I usually follow this activity up with a photo slide show of rural areas and compare our town.Easily editable to include your own suburb!
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5th - 10th
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Ancient China Choice Board Activities & Worksheets
There is one choice board with 9 activities and then there are 9 worksheets attached for each choice. This is perfect to use during the unit or for sub plans.
Grades:
4th - 9th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS3-3
2 Geography Choice Boards & 18 Activities
There is two choice boards with 18 activities. This is perfect to use during the unit or for sub plans.
Grades:
4th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS3-3
Historical Social Studies Choice Board Activities & Worksheets
There is one choice board with 9 activities and then there are 9 worksheets attached for each choice. This is perfect to use during the unit or for sub plans.
Grades:
4th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS3-3
Literacy Circles for Social Studies Textbooks
Literacy Circles are designed to encourage group work on recording and explaining information from a section, or chapter, in a social studies textbook. Students will work collaboratively in teams to examine, analyze, and explain specific information from a subject areas textbook. Each student has a specific part to examine within the section/chapter, i.e., people, key events, vocabulary, primary sources, charts, maps and graphs, and then they share that information with their peers in their team
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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NATURAL RESOURCES WORD SEARCH
TEACHERS: THIS FUN ACTIVITY IS GOOD FOR VOCABULARY ENRICHMENT ABOUT OUR ENVIRONMENT, AND RESOURCES.
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4th - 9th
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