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Geography ArtWork Things To Do… To do ...

Lesson Plan #124

Teacher: Miss Katherine Victoria VanAnderland, Original Copy

Date: 08/05/2020

Overview & Purpose

Imagine all the things you can do with geography. You can find different things to do using geography to fill a lesson plan of things to do with geography. Geography doesn't mean studying maps and memorizing state capitals! From making a treasure hunt to keeping a sensory journal, get ideas for how to have fun with geography in your daily life.

Find Your Birthday Coordinates, Neighborhood Map, Make a Map, Learn From Maps, Mark Latitude and Longitude, Make a Papier-Mâché Globe, Make a Flag, Make an Earth Pendant or Light Catcher and so on.

Education Standards

1. Problem Solving

2. Reading Skills

3. Comprehension

Objectives

1. Pick a few of your favorite things to do and complete it

2. Read about the terms of geography

3. Work on some of the book projects

Materials Needed

1. https://www.nationalgeographic.org/idea/fun-geography/?page=1

2. https://resources.collins.co.uk/Wesbite%20images/KS3Geography/TB2/Dictionary%20of%20geographical%20terms.pdf

3. http://www.mayfieldschools.org/Downloads/GEOGRAPHY%20SKILLS%20WORKSHEETS.pdf?fbclid=IwAR22NZ96LuuEaQnOWSLxmKRotedwU2tgn4kZdo-w9x67DlURw2oIrDSSLE4

4. https://www.esri.com/library/bestpractices/essays-on-geography-gis-vol6.pdf

Verification

Steps to check for student understanding

1. Use this dictionary for your spelling words for the rest of school term

2. Put the finished project on the internet on your facebook as a project

3. Make christmas gifts with the light catcher

Activity

Describe activity that will reinforce the lesson

Run through all lesson plans materials and find what you like best and complete