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Geography Common Core RST.6-8.1 resources under $5
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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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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Biomes of the World - 1 Pager Project
Biomes - One Pager ProjectHelp your students understand the unique and diverse biomes around the world through this one-pager research project. I use this a culminating project at the end of our unit, but it can be adapted however you'd like. I also create a gallery walk w/ questions to allow students to view other's one-pager projects. This is a very engaging and effective way to help students learn about the ecosystems of the world and the flora and fauna that call them home. What's includ
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5th - 8th
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
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.
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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
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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Bird Cross Curricular Unit
This unit was designed for an ALE classroom that was inclusive and the teacher was responsible for teaching all subjects to various grades in Middle School. It uses Science, Math, Social Studies, Writing and Reading to look at literature, migration patterns and different bird species as well as write a research paper and create a graphic novel of a poem.Lesson Plans to come!
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5th - 8th
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Coastal Erosion Presentation-Louisiana History
This presentation covers coastal erosion in Louisiana (Unit 6 in the LDOE Scope and Sequence). It takes the original lesson and puts a fun spin on the group research assignment. Although this is a social studies project, it is a great lesson to team-teach with the science teacher! Students will:review the causes of coastal erosion and its impact on Louisianabe given a scenario to introduce them to their projectchoose a research topic (one of six coastal restoration projects)complete their resear
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8th
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