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Geography

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Welcome to the Geography Unit!

 

Essential Questions: Why is geography important to you?

                     What are the five themes of geography,

                                                  and why are they important?

                     How do we use map skills to tell where we are                                                                       in the world?

 

Day 1: Welcome to Class, Notecards

 

Day 2: Classroom Rules, Folders

 

Day 3: Mental Map, Finish Folders

 

Day 4: Finish Mental Map/Folders, Book Scavenger Hunt

 

Day 5: Finish Scavenger Hunt/ Maps Powerpoint

 

Day 6/7: Mapquest

 

Use the websites below to complete the mapquest!!!

WebRanger Reading a Map

WebRanger Mapmatch

Mapmaker Make me a Map

Maps in History

Brainpop video and take quiz

 

 

After you're done, play map games!!!

 

 

DAY 8: Five Themes of Geography and Me

How does geography relate to you?  Does it?  With this lesson you will find out how and if it really does.

 

Five Themes of Geography Brainpop video  

5 Themes of Geography of PowerPoint

 You tube song: 5 Themes of geography!

  

Discuss the Five Themes and watch the Brain Pop video.  

 

Day 9-13: 5 Themes of "ME"ography

Poster 

Meography Mini-poster instructions

Rubric for mini-poster

 

Modified:

After brainstorming how the 5 Themes of Geography relates to you, create a poster with images of each of the 5 Themes and you.   

 

Day 14-17: Landforms 

Watch Landforms by the Obies.  Complete the Landforms notes activity.   Go to Mr. Nussbaum's site on Landforms. 

 

When you are finished labeling with the book and the laptop then you may play the landform games on the link above to Mr. Nussbaum's site.  Look at the red writing below the pictures and definitions for the games.

 

 

Day 18: Landforms Quiz- 

 

Go to Edmodo and take the landform quiz.  Press submit when done.

Use the codes below to log-in to EdModo: 

 

5th and 6th hour puninsulas: kbt76t

 

7th hour Mountians: fhfqcz

 

The Straits of 8th Hour: wpkjgh  

 

 

When you are finished with your Edmodo quiz on landforms, take an orbital tour of earth.  Good luck on your tour!   Make sure you take the complete tour.   

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/EdLu/ed_lu.php

 

When you are finished with the tour click on this link to challenge yourself with the Where in the world quiz.

Click under left picture on the page for quiz and then refresh for new questions.  

You will find the link below also under to the last picture on your tour titled in blue.  Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth.

Have fun!

http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/

 

 

 

 

 

Day 19: Latitude and Longitude

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjDqhLUzCpE

 

Brainpop Latitude and Longitude

Smartboard presentation of latitude and longitudeNotes for use with presentation

Alternate Resource

Practice together: Worksheet 1 and worksheet 2

 

Day 20: Computer Lab Fun Day: Use the following scoresheet and work through the the practice websites:  Have fun today.  Do not rush through them.  Take your time and learn how to get them right.  

 

Walk the Plank...or Find the Treasure 

World Latitude and Longitude Practice

Interacticve Latitude and Longitude Quiz

World Latitude and Longitude Quiz 

Brainpop Video and Quiz: login and password is on board.  Watch the video and then take the quiz.

http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-games/latitude-longitude-map-game.php

USA Latitude and Longitude Practice

 

For practice in continents and oceans:

http://www.lizardpoint.com/geography/world-quiz.php

http://www.usa.learningtogether.net/continents/

 

 

Day 21: Rescue Mission: In class assignment. 

Real life simulation for rescue missions using latitude and longitudes.  Enter simulation here  rescue mission  and use the rescue map.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swKBi6hHHMA

 

 

 

Mission Control Activity

 

We have been working with latitude and longitude in class print off the following assignment to complete.Latitude and Longitude Assignment.  Map of World for Latitude and Longitude.

 

Yeah!!!  You've made it.  Now put on your lifevest and play a game of battelship! 

 latitude and longitude battelship directions and graph.   

 

 

 

 

 

TimezonesUse the webquest Sheet and these links to learn about time zones

BBC World News Time Zones: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-12849630

Time zones: http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=SOC3702

Timezone Quiz

World Timezone map: http://www.worldtimezone.com/time-world.htm 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Climate and Vegetation: 

Watch the following brainpop and video on climate zones.

http://www.brainpop.com/science/weather/climatetypes/preview.weml  Take the online quiz.  Then watch the next video.  Do you see something different?

http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/weatherandclimatechange/resourcebank/videos/video_tcm4598364.asp

 

Go through the following site.

http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es2103/es2103page01.cfm

 

End here for today!!!

 

 

LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE QUIZ EDMODO

          after the quiz, continue with your timezones webquest. Finish with climate and vegetation using the links above.

 

LANDMARKS: 

You will be taking a virtual vacation so pack your bags. 

Research up to 20 famous US landmarks. Follow the Landmark Instructions and check out the grading rubric.  Fill out the Landmarks Worksheetincluding Name of Landmark, Description of Landmark, Location of Landmark, and Image/Citation of Landmark.  Label the landmarks on a US map.

 

Games: To play when you complete an activity

http://www.purposegames.com/games?t=896&so=mp

http://www.purposegames.com/games?c=9&so=mp&page=2

 

Geography game-Sheppard
Geography games
latitude longitude tutorial
BrainPop latitude and longitude
GPS latitude and longitude
GPS Anchors Away PBS

 

 

Glacier National Park KWL

 

 

 

 

Patriot Day Lesson

                 Brainpop: Septemper 11th;

                      PBS: 9/11 quilt

                     Video Quilt activity

 

 

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