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 5: Finish Scavenger Hunt/ Maps Powerpoint
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 longitude: Notes 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.
Timezones: Use 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.
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
Patriot Day Lesson
Video Quilt activity
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