US United States Physical Geography Google Earth Scavenger Hunt Digital Resource

Google Earth US Physical Geography Lesson Set, Exploration & Scavenger Hunt

Start the year in US history unit with a fun, student-centered, inquiry-based Google Geography Exploration and Scavenger Hunt! This comprehensive Google United States Geography lesson has been both student and teacher-approved with an overwhelming thumbs-up! It embodies all of the cool geography capabilities of Google Maps and Google Earth in a digital US geography interactive notebook format complete with a Google Forms physical geography assessment at the end.

In this inquiry-based learning activity, students research how geography shaped the lives of early Americans through a scaffolded Google Slides, Google Maps, Google Earth and Google Forms geography investigation.

Here’s what students get to do:

☺A Satellite Map Investigation- Students preview the continent and make predictions about a focus question using outstanding, visually rich satellite maps that provide the big picture.

☺A Virtual Field Trip Google Slides Presentation - Students take a closer look with a visually rich key physical feature Google Slides presentation.

☺ A Label the Feature Google Slide Presentation- Key physical features for the unit are labeled upon each click.

☺A Google Slides Interactive Fill-In-the-Blank Geography Activity – Students fill in the pre-made label spots after they study using the map provided.

☺A Pile of Features Interactive Activity – Students drag the physical feature label to the appropriate spot on the satellite map.

☺A Google Maps Close Reading and Interactive Activity – Students click on the highlighted civilization and read about how they adapted to their geographic location. Then, students use the words provided in a Google Slides word bank the summarize the reading.

☺A Google Earth Scavenger Hunt – Students are given coordinates to research on Google Earth. Then, students identify and describe the location after they have “flown there”.

☺A Google Forms Physical Geography Quiz – Students answer multiple-choice questions based on the same physical features map they studied and labeled earlier.

Use the same lesson over and over until students earn geography content mastery!

This product was designed to work with an online classroom that fits perfectly with Google Classroom, and a remote or distance learning environment. This is a virtual learning experience where teachers can guide students through the curriculum. Through Google assessments students demonstrate mastery of important skill and content areas including unit-specific vocabulary, geography, and historical content. Be sure to check out our other bundles for distance learning that include a variety of resources that may include: Google forms, quizzes, and tests that have students cite and find the best supporting evidence from primary or secondary source reading passages.

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