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Geography Common Core RST.6-8.2 resources
Topographic Mapping Lesson with Worksheet, Power Point, and Map Reading Activity
This lesson goes over how topographical maps are constructed, what their symbols mean, and what we use these maps for. The worksheet follows along with the power point presentation to keep students engaged. The map reading activity gives a students a simple topographic map that they have to answer questions by interpreting the map. This lesson is designed for late elementary through intermediate grades.
Key Terms Include:
- topography
- contour lines
- contour intervals
- index contours
- scal
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4th - 8th
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Earth's Topography No Prep Lesson with Power Point, Worksheet and Vocabulary
This lesson goes over the different types of topography that are found around the globe. It includes explaining the different types of land forms such as mountains, plains, and plateaus. The worksheet follows along with the power point presentation to keep students engaged. This lesson is designed for late elementary through intermediate grades.
Key Terms Include:
- topography
- elevation
- relief
- land forms
- plains
- coastal plains
- interior plains
- mountains
- plateaus
- land form regio
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4th - 8th
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Natural Disasters Brochure (Guided Genius Hour Project)
Exploring Natural Disasters is an important element in various subjects - social studies, science, and NOW writing! This brochure assignment allows students to explore a natural disaster from either the United States or around the world and learn about the impact such events can have on the human population.
For this project students are required to:
1) Research
2) Take self-guided notes
3) Organize sources
4) Produce a finished brochure as a final product
Included in this product you will
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3rd - 8th
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US States & Territories: 55 Reading Comprehensions w/ Questions & Answer Key
One reading comprehension for every state and territory! That's 55 reading comprehensions!Each state and region has a rich history and offer something unique to the country. How did the state form? How did it become part of the country? What significant events happened there? What's unique about it? These passages answer these questions and can help teach your students about the importance of each US state and the history behind it. Additionally, you'll find information about heritage, traditio
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Monitoring Earthquakes No Prep Lesson with Power Point, Worksheet, and Activity
This lesson goes over the different types of equipment used to measure the strength of earthquakes. Some equipment we use today has origins that can be traced back 2000 years ago to ancient China. The activity gives students a chance to interpret seismograms to compare earthquakes. The worksheet follows along with the power point presentation to keep students engaged. This lesson is designed for late elementary through intermediate grades.
Key Terms Include:
- seismograph
- seismogram
- tiltme
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4th - 8th
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5 Themes of Geography Unit Activity and Poster Value Bundle
Students learn the five themes of geography with this engaging value bundle! With the included stations activity, project, and posters student explore and analyze the five themes of location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region.Students will have a blast learning about the five themes, and this resource has everything you need for an engaging and educational no-prep unit! All worksheets are printable and provided in color and black and white versions. Students will have a
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5th - 9th
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Earth Day Webquest | Conservation | Editable | Distance Learning
This Earth Day WebQuest is an engaging and informative educational resource designed for students in grades 6-8. This resource facilitates independent research and learning about important environmental issues and significant figures in conservation. Through this activity, students will gain a deeper understanding of Earth Day, the importance of environmental stewardship, and the actions they can take to contribute to a healthier planet.Content Covered:The WebQuest covers a variety of topics, in
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6th - 8th
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Platypus PowerPoint with Activity and Study Guide
Get ready to explore the world of the Duck-billed platypus, one of the most bizarre and mysterious mammals in the world from eastern Australia and Tasmania. Platypus facts include that they sport a tail like a beaver, bill and feet like a duck, and lay eggs like a bird! Platypuses give birth to furless babies called puggles. What's Included:One Quick Start GuideOne 23-slide animated PowerPoint (both PPTX and PDF file types)One 20-page fillable student activity and study guideOne 26-page EDITABLE
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3rd - 8th
NGSS:
4-LS1-1
, MS-LS1-4
, 4-LS1-2
Exploring Earth's Roar: Volcanic Lessons in Digital Discourse
Embark on an educational journey with Exploring Earth's Roar: Volcanic Lessons in Digital Discourse designed to transform your middle school classroom into an immersive volcano exploration center. Ignite your students' curiosity and unleash their creativity with a comprehensive package that seamlessly integrates science, storytelling, public speaking, active listening, digital literacy, and artistry.Here's what's in the Zip folder...Venturing into Volcanoes - Earth's Explosive Wonders: An excerp
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Flight of Knowledge - A Digital Odyssey of Discovery and Learning
Embark on an educational odyssey with "Flight of Knowledge - A Digital Odyssey of Discovery and Learning."Designed to captivate middle school students and invigorate your teaching experience. These lessons are not just a curriculum; they're an invitation to unlock the extraordinary potential within your classroom.Engaging lessons on digital literacy, public speaking, active listening, and creative writing — all taught through the lens of fascinating "fun facts" that students will love.Here's wha
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6th - 9th
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NGSS:
MS-LS2-1
Biomes around the World - Reading Summary w/ Comprehension Q's
Biomes around the World - Reading Summary w/ Comprehension Q'sThis resource is a 2 page summary of biomes and an analysis of the treats that they face in our ever-changing world. Also included are 5 reading comprehension questions to assess student comprehension. Use this in any secondary level classroom as an introduction to your biomes unit. Included are both PDF files and editable word docs. for teacher convenience and adaptability. Check out the 1 Pager Biome Project here:Biome 1 Pager P
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5th - 8th
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Coastal Erosion Research Project-Louisiana History
This is a bundle of all things coastal erosion. It covers coastal erosion in Louisiana (Unit 6 in the Scope and Sequence) and takes about a week of class time to complete.The bundle includes:coastal erosion intro presentation & instructions for group workresearch graphic organizer group work reflection
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8th
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Earth Models No Prep Lesson with Power Point, Worksheet and Coordinates Activity
This lesson begins with going over how Greek scientists made the discovery that the Earth was a sphere. It was very challenging to accurately map the Earth so scientists today use a grid system. Scientists can also make map projections using different techniques, but each technique has its own drawback. The worksheet that is included goes along with the power point presentation to keep students engaged. This lesson is designed for late elementary through intermediate grades.
Key Terms Include
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4th - 8th
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Causes of California Wildfires Ready-to-Teach Lesson: Video + Article
This lesson allows students to use two sources of evidence to evaluate why California experiences so many wildfires. The lesson is broken into two parts: first, students watch a 25-minute video titled "Wild LA" and available free on YouTube with 13 accompanying viewing guide questions about the history of California grizzly bears, earthquakes, and Santa Ana Winds; second, students will read a New York Times article titled "Why Does California Have So Many Wildfires?" and summarize the four reaso
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8th - 12th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS3-2
, HS-ESS3-3
, HS-ESS3-1
Shepherd's Quest: A Micro-RPG of Pastoral Life
Students will take on the roles of shepherds on a strange new island after being shipwrecked and will need to learn how to build, maintain, and work within an isolated market to rear their sheep and keep a healthy flock while also earning money and building an economy. Over the course of five in-game years, students will track their sheep production, sheep loss, and monetary gain and graph it, while also roleplaying their expansion across the island and connections with fellow student farmers. T
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6th - 9th
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Earthquakes - A Research Video Project & Rubric
This is a great way to get students to learn about earthquakes around the world, their effects and safety precautions. The video creation helps them use technology to research and create a report about an earthquake that happened, in an innovative and fun way. Their focus will be to use technology, but they will find that they have learned a great deal about earthquakes in the process. They will also be able to peer-evaluate their work, which helps them assess their own and compare it to others
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5th - 8th
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Rubric: Preparing for a Natural Disaster
A simple rubric for Grade 7 Geography.
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Not Grade Specific
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