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3rd grade geography resources for GATE
Creating Global Thinkers with Depth and Complexity Icons
Do you want your students learning globally, using higher level thinking, and learning geography... all in twenty minutes a day? I did too so I created this easy way to challenge your students from the moment they walk in the door.This product is easy to print and can be seamlessly implemented into your morning routine. It is recommended that you use the icons of depth and complexity (included) to push and extend student thinking.Included in this product:-Explanation, sample lesson plan, real
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3rd - 6th
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Latin America (Mexico, Central/South America) Geography Research Unit
This Latin America unit includes:
Several different activities/project layouts for you to chose from or use all! :)
As you teach about the geography of Latin America and all the countries in it, use these in their interactive notebooks!
Perfect for students to research and discover information about all of Latin America or just a country there on their own!
GREAT mini research project for GT students or early finishers to work on!
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2nd - 8th
Hands On Map Skills: Cross Curricular Project to Teach Map Skills (Grades 2-4)
Tired of using worksheets to teach map skills? I used worksheets for years but something didn't feel right. I knew my students weren't learning map skills deeply when I was teaching this way. That was when the Hands on Map Skills project was born!
This is a social studies project that has cross-curricular connections to reading and math. In this project students use real maps to study their important features, all while refining their map skills. Then they get the chance to put all of this kno
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2nd - 4th
Road Trip Adventure PROJECT BASED LEARNING for GATE and 3rd - 8th Grades
Come along on a fun project-based adventure as students practice different forms of writing, geography skills, computer and internet technology skills, engineering and design skills, math skills, public speaking, creativity, and art.
Here is your Gold Medal Standard project based learning unit ready to go. Because this project-based unit relies heavily on student creativity and invention, the key knowledge, understanding, and success skills can be scaffolded across many grade levels. This un
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: SIMULATIONS Real-World Projects GATE Bundle Gifted
STEM Around the World in 10 Days
This product is included in a bundle with an Around the World in 10 Days Travel Journal. Check it out HERE!
Looking for an engaging way to teach geography? Why not have students solve a STEM challenge that relates to each continent? There is STEM challenge for each of the 7 continents in this product.
This product includes:
•STEM Challenge Background information pages
•STEM Challenge Problem pages
•STEM Challenge Criteria & Materials pages
•Student STEM journal pages (Includes background i
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1st - 4th
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MAP SKILLS BUNDLE - CLASSROOM, BEDROOM, HOUSE, ZOO, TEST, AND CENTER
These are engaging and fun projects to teach basic mapping skills. The students learn how to use a compass, place objects using the four cardinal directions, and follow multi-step directions. Describe the location of objects relative to other locations in the classroom. (Over, near, far, left, right, north, south, east, west).- Students create an interactive house map placing pictures of the house furniture on the assigned spots. Or/and they create their own house!- Blank map for your own additi
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1st - 4th
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BUNDLE Around the World in 10 Days {STEM & Target Book}
Looking for an engaging way to teach geography and letter writing? Go cross-curricular and teach both simultaneously! Students start by 'Packing up their questions' about geography by creating an anchor chart with their teacher. Then model letter writing skills and off you go! Spend one day in each of the continents and complete a STEM Challenge! On the last day of your travels create a world map to document your experience!
This product is a BUNDLE, which is at a discounted price! These are th
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1st - 4th
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Geography Activities Geographer's Tools Upper Elementary Social Studies
Looking for an engaging upper-elementary geography lesson? This resource is chock-full of activities you can use to teach the geographer's tools of maps, tables, photographs, and charts! You'll get four activities that explore the different tools geographers use to organize geographic information. You'll love the quality graphics and original articles. Your students will love how interesting geography can be!You'll get four low-prep activities that can be used together or individually. Each acti
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Geography Lessons and Activities | Critical and Creative Thinking BUNDLE
Geography Lessons and Activities | Critical and Creative Thinking BUNDLE
If you're looking for fabulous lesson plans about many aspects of geography, this bundle is for you! They're the perfect way to build geography skills, critical thinking skills, and creativity skills, all at once! You'll love the super high quality graphics, original articles, and the super clear teacher instructions for every single lesson.Ten different lessons/activities are included, and all of them align with National Geography Standards. Every resource has more than one activity, so this is
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2nd - 9th
Travel Agent Project- A Geography PBL
Incorporate authentic learning into your classroom by having your students complete this PBL as you teach geography content for your state or country. The project is organized around the central question: How can you as a travel agent plan a trip to a state or country for a family?
Students will plan a trip with stops in different regions or cities, mark their trip on a map, keep within a budget, and create a persuasive presentation to share their plan. They will not only practice geography con
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3rd - 8th
Flags of the World STEM Mats - STEM Center for Building Bricks Distance Learning
If you are looking for a STEM and geography resource, or are celebrating any international sporting events, this is a great set to add to your toolbox!STEM Mats are SO easy to set up in your classroom! If you were thinking of trying STEM Fridays or Maker Mondays, or you need something more engaging for your early finishers than worksheets or reading, this is the resource for you. Not only will your students be working creatively to solve problems, they will be reading, writing, and using math sk
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1st - 5th
Also included in: STEM Activities and Challenges for K-2 - Whole Year Bundle
Amazing Race Printable Templates
This file is a PowerPoint file with Amazing Race templates to create challenges, detours and roadblocks in any content area. These templates can be used digitally or as printables. Just click inside the editable text boxes to add your content.Template includes: planning pageschallenge folderroute information carddetour cardroadblock cardplayer name tagsPowerPoint slides template
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K - 12th, Staff
Research a Country for Primary Gifted Students
This unit is based on the work of Dr. Sandra Kaplan. Using her areas of Depth and Complexity, a student can learn more about a country than just the name of its capital, and the population. This unit includes 15 pages of activities designed for gifted and talented students in first or second grade. The student will have such activities to complete as to create a cartoon about the ethics of the country, or to draw pictures showing how something has changed over time.
clipart used from www.scra
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1st - 3rd
50 States Map Skills US Geography Project Bundle United States Activity
Engage your students with this geography project where they research and fill out the maps for the different states in the United States. Great for a state project. They need to use an atlas (or maps online) to find and label the major cities, capital, rivers, lakes, major water features, mountains, or national parks and then tell some facts about each state. They create their own compass rose and legend for the map. They use a check off sheet that is specific to each state and check their work
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3rd - 5th
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Salt Dough California Regions Map for Distance Learning
This is a grab and go, self-directed project. Students will create a salt-dough topographical map of California. They will label the regions. This slide presentation has detailed instructions to allow students to do this from home. The ingredients are listed. Instructions go step by step. It is a STEM project that they can work on from home with their parents.
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3rd - 5th
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K-ESS3-1
, 4-ESS3-2
, 4-ESS3-1
National Park Distance Learning Research Project: Report, PowerPoint, and Float
This project-based activity is designed to let students research, design a PowerPoint presentation, and parade a float representing a National Park for an audience of your choice. Easy to use because there are teacher tools to track assigned Parks and a rubric to score it all! Students LOVE this project and you will too! Inside You Will Find1 Parade of National Parks General Information Page1 How to Host the Parade Page1 Parent Information Page for Book Project1 Parent Information Page for Boo
Geography North American Map Skills Game Activity Second Grade Third Grade
Memorization doesn't have to be boring or mundane! If you need your students to memorize aspects of a map, this resource is your best friend! Add in a game - bonus points if they create the game! - and you've got an interactive, powerful geography tool for memorizing a simple North American continent map and the essential elements of that map.Direct instruction guidance is included to help you teach your students what they need to move forward in the activities.You can read the provided passage
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2nd - 3rd
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Also included in: Geography Lessons and Activities | Critical and Creative Thinking BUNDLE
25 STEM Challenges for use with LEGO® or Building Blocks: Landforms!
Teach Social Studies and landforms in a hands on, interactive way through building brick challenges for kids! These hands on activities are motivating, but also useful in teaching landforms! Perfect for bringing the Social Studies Geography curriculum to life!Have a BLAST teaching your students all about landforms! Bring STEM to your classroom in an innovative way!How to Use:In my classroom, each child uses a tupperware of building bricks. Each child has the same pieces to use for each challenge
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2nd - 5th
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Logic Puzzles Human Geography
Extend your geography lesson plans with these 5 table logic puzzles geared for 5th to 7th grade students. Use these deductive reasoning logic puzzles as a jumping off point for extension ideas that explore:Factory Wage EarningsLiteracy RatesLife Expectancy and Population Densities. We've taken critical thinking activities to a whole new level by integrating content-area facts with fun brain teasers. Whether you need a time filler, a homework assignment, an activity for an early finisher, or an e
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3rd - 8th
Landforms, Bodies of Water, Natural Resources and How People Use Them
EXPLORING PLACES!! This PowerPoint presentation shows 42 slides with very descriptive pictures of Landforms: canyon, volcano, mountains, cave, desert, plateau, valley, plain, hill, and island. Bodies of Water: River, Lake, pond, ocean, coast, waterfall, and glacierNatural Resources: Oil, water, trees, mines, wind, and soil. Uses of natural resources: to build highways, buildings, airports, stadiums, bridges, amusement parks, swimming pools, gardens, etc.At the end of the presentation, the pict
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K - 4th
Also included in: BODIES OF WATER, LANDFORMS, AND, NATURAL RESOURCES BUNDLE
State Research Report Digital Google Slide & Print
Are you looking for a quick state research report for students to display for Open House or want students to learn more about their own state history?This research report will work great. It's easy to use, engaging, and looks great. Make sure to click the video preview for an in-depth preview of what is included.This product includes:A digital Google Slide Version and a print versionPrint Version Includes:-1 Page Quick Option-4 Page Option more in-depth (can also be used with a file folder to ma
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3rd - 8th
Also included in: State Report & Country Report Bundle
RESOURCES, HOW PEOPLE MODIFY THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT - PROS and CONS
This PowerPoint presentation shows 36 slides with very descriptive photographs of Natural Resources and how people modify the environment and use them.The presentation begins by introducing natural resources and gradually shows how people modify the environment, clearing land, building roads and houses, using land for agriculture irrigating crops, drilling for oil, mining, building dams, airports, shopping malls, highways, dams, stadiums, bridges, amusement parks, aquariums, among others.The sl
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2nd - 4th
California Regions Depth and Complexity Frames
Analyze the 4 major regions of CA & CA's geography using the GATE Icons of Sandra Kaplan. Frames provided for each region and the location of CA.Sample questions:Describe California’s relative location in several ways.How has California’s location in the Pacific Basin affected the state?How does the location of the coast region affect its climate & vegetation? What are some advantages and disadvantages of living and working in the CV?Draw and color a map labeling the four major regions
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: California History Depth and Complexity Frames Bundle
U.S. States and Regions: Elementary Digital Breakout - Distance Learning
Use this 100% online, no prep online escape room activity to introduce, reinforce, or assess teaching of United States: States and Regions. This engaging activity will have your elementary school students hooked as they watch an engaging music video and solve puzzles in a race against the clock to successfully complete the breakout! This pairs nicely with the book LaRue Across America: Postcards from the Vacation by Mark Teague, but it is not necessary to have read the book in order to complete
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2nd - 6th
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