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Maps: (Major geographic regions) Map Machine: This interactive "Map Machine" zooms in or out on any location on the planet. You can choose a printable version if you wish to make class copies. Satellite images in the classroom Have your students build maps of their own hometown using the satellite images and data presented at this site. Numerous other classroom activities are also suggested, all using satellite imagery. Britannica Black History Study Guide Each of the six major activities here starts with an introduction to the specific topic (e.g. #1 is slavery), then goes on to a student activity and includes a challenge activity as well. Multiple primary and secondary resources are attached so that a comprehensive unit could be built on any or each of the six main topics. An excellent resource, unit or lesson plan. Canadian Education on the Web The purpose of Canadian Education on the Web is to bring together everything relating to Canada and education that has a presence on the World Wide Web. The Continents Game & Lesson The Continent Game provides a participatory lesson plan for elementary students to learn the continents (& can be adapted to countries, water, etc.) by categorizing them in various manners--e.g. by area, population--whatever suggestions your students come up with. Continent info is written on index cards. They will be arranged by whatever category is chosen (e.g. least area to largest) and placed in an envelope by the opposing or questioning team; students then propose the correct order, write it on the board, then open the envelopes to see if their team was right. The Hunger SiteYou and your class can help eliminate world hunger with a click of the mouse. . .Endorsed by the United Nations, this online hunger support service works by having corporate sponsors donating 1/2 cent to the U.N. World Food Program each time you or your class clicks the submission button. It does not cost you a cent, privacy is guaranteed and no information from you is required. Children can view the world map, in which a country is dimmed every few seconds as someone dies from hunger--a hard figure to comprehend. No gimmicks here, but a simple and worthy project to get your class involved in while learning of global communities, resources and/or world population. North Pole Weather (CANADA)Well, the outlook is white, and shall we say just a wee bit BRRRRRRR!!! Check here for recorded temperatures and forecast. Canada
Unit: Explore Canadian history as well as modern Canadian culture
and traditions with this full-fledged unit. Documenting a Democracy: Australia's Story **** Examine the primary source documents of Australia's history to understand how and why Australia grew from a Colony of Great Britain to the Commonwealth of Australia. Each act and ordinance outlines the significance of the document, it's history (how it happened), and the physical description of the document. A great resource for comparative governments. African HeritageWhile this excellent website addresses its resources largely to Canadians and African-Canadian issues, it is also a great resource for African American topics as well-- scroll down for a larger focus. Creative Impulse--The Artist's View of World History and Western Civilazation: Don't miss this incredible resource for high school students. It builds a history course with internet links, all based on the premise that a civilization, its history, and its culture cannot fully be understood without connecting to its creative products. On that note, prepare for a well-documented journey through time, with portals for people, places, events, art, daily life and culture, and much, much more. This site shows just how the internet can be used to great advantage to supple- ment and compliment any classroom course. The project has re- ceived many well-deserved awards--an exciting find! The Passing of a Century This site has it all built in for you--lesson plan, resources and references on site, quiz, forum, art gallery and essay submission, and classroom guide. People's Century From PBS, you can pass through the century decade by decade. Teacher's guide also available. Lunar Phases web tool Start close to home first. Tutorials here on the moon and its phases, along with Tool and Quiz. Solar System Guide With a teacher guide available, StarDate Online supplies visuals and text on planet formation, origins, dicovery of planets, solar winds, novae and supernovae, and more! Each planet has its own text site with graphics. The Astronomical Journal This site provides the electronic edition of the Astronomical Journal. Also find the electronic edition of the Astrophysical Journal at: http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/ApJ Space & Astronomy Lesson Resources Very resourceful. Task cards, models, tutorials, multimedia projects, research topics...incredibly extensive list, with printable forms for classroom activities. Subjects range from the solar system to obervation techniques to Hale-Bopp. Solar System Simulator Here we go to NASA! And doesn't this site sound like fun? It is. Choose your viewpoint, target, then run the simulator. You can be a lot of places in this simulator. Kids will love this site, and you may just inspire a passion for astronomy! Hitchhiker's Guide to the Hubble Who can resist a title like that? With a daily log, live feed, Ask the Astronauts, more. Fascinating. SETI at home I'll resist any cracks about ET phoning anywhere. The SETI program at Berkeley wants you to help search for extra-terrestrial communications, by sifting through their data using your computer on idle time. Works as a screen saver. Teacher's Guide Visiting StarDate Online again, this time to the Teacher's Guide. Here you will find sample lessons and activities to teach astronomy for grade 3 and up. You are also given an address to request a free subscription to the monthly StarDate cd, as well as printed copies of teaching guides. Also available in Spanish. Worth a stamp, don't you think? Lab Archive From the University of Washington Astronomy Dept., an archive of labs, assignments, & homework. Introductory astronomy. Some fun ones here. Astronomy For Kids Want to make astronomy lessons appealing to kids? This site claims they know how! Promises a great time exploring space, with puzzles, sky maps, and postcards along the way. Explore the planets first. Each planet comes equipped with a kid-tested lesson, and questions answered such as What is it made of? What's it like down there? Elementary through middle school. Amazing space Many learning and fun activities here. Try Solar Trading Cards, where you answer the question right, and you'll receive a card to collect. Or take an Astronaut Challenge Mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. Managed that one and still want more? Then try Galaxies Galore and Galaxy Games. Comes with teaching tips for the various activites, including lessons plans, relations to National Standards, and resources. Both kids and teachers will give this site a thumbs up. BiographyThe following links lead the way to astronomer- author Carl Sangan:
Ancient Egypt Grade one students can use this comprehensive unit on Ancient Egypt to access a good deal of the culture of this civilization, by completing a series of arts and crafts. The six lessons encompass pharaohs, pyramids, hieroglyphics-- all the fun stuff that children this age love--but the unit will also insure comprehension of geographical characteristics and belief systems affecting the nature of this exciting culture. Mount Olympus Mall This Core Knowledge unit on Ancient Greek civilization differs from most lessons in that it doesn't simply cover the usual topics. It does indeed discuss the gods, the culture--and even compares and contrasts differences in society today... but it also offers a hands-on approach to learning about the Greek market- place. Students will recreate an agora, or Greek marketplace, as the culminating exercise of the unit, while taking on the costume and role of one of the gods. Rated as second grade, but it could easily be used upwards to fourth grade. Worksheets are included; view as a pdf file. Roman Numerals Lesson Plan One way to get students to finally "get" all those Roman Numeral translations is to have them complete this lesson! They will use toothpicks to create the various formations of numerals, and then go about finding examples of Roman numerals all about them. Coloring Pages for Ancient Architecture Choose the Acropolis, Stonehenge, the Parthenon, the Colosseum, and more. Chariot Maze Race The younger set can race their Roman chariots-- well, across the page anyways! Odyssey Online'S Egypt With teacher resources and student activities, explore all the aspects of the ancient Egyptian civilization. Topics covered are mythology, the daily lives of the people, death & burial, and archaeology. Students will consider the role of geography on Egyptian culture and belief system, and examine ancient artifacts for clues on daily life. Pyramids and the mummification process will be discussed. Games, puzzles, and instructions for group Power Point presentations are included. Culture Hearths Unit This two week unit on the cultures from the Cradle of Civilzation takes a very environmental/ geographical approach to its learning position. Students will not only come to comprehend the usual effects of environment and geographical location upon all aspects of a certain culture, they will also examine the interdependence of humans and features, and posit the effects of humans upon their environments as well. Mesopotamia, the Indus River Valley, and the Hwang Ho River Valley are all studied. This is a solid and creative unit of study for grade 6. Ancient Greek Counting Plato thought that the study of numbers and math would lead to the revelation of the ultiimate "truth". Well, we may not have arrived there yet, although we do know that math is critical in interpreting very many phenomena of the known universe. For more history on Greek mathematics, trivia, and an activity involving learning how to reproduce Greek numerals with your fingers, try this page. COLLAPSE: Why do civilization fall? From the Annenberg Project comes this exploratory unit on the decline of Ancient Civilizations. Students will examine the Maya, Ancient Mesopotamia, Chaco Canyon, and the Mali & Songhai civilizations. They will learn how archaeologists recreate ancient dynasties from artifact clues, how trash can give meaning to these societies, and how scientists piece together the reasons for their collapse. Various excellent hands-on and journaling activities accompany the unit. Board Games of the Ancient World Now here is a very creative board game lesson that will guarantee your students are not "bored" with Ancient History! Students will divide into teams, roles are assigned, and the research begins... The teams' missions are to investigate games played in the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and China. Then the game- masters, designers, historians, and facilitators will recreate those games. Finally, students can create a Hyper Studio presentation of their completed project, using the template. Teacher tips are included, as are links for research. Odyssey Treks Your geography/global studies class can join a virtual trek to non-western cultures and countries around the world. A team of educators leads groups to diverse locations for 6 weeks in each location, to address critical issues and global change. Journal entries from participants are fed back to the website twice weekly, and your students can also engage in a question/response forum. This is a unique and educational opportunity to virtually go where your classroom has not gone before... Decoding the Past: The work of Archaeologists Three lesson plans accompany the resources offered here from the Smithsonian Institute. Students have much to examine with these excellent archives, to come to an understanding of peoples both past and present. Greek Civilization for Middle Schoolers This site is loaded with excellent resources for any study on Ancient Greek civilization. Topics cover: Science, Politics, War, Sport, Environment, Philosophy, Religion, and more. Each heading subdivides into numerous links, all from Portland State, exploring various aspects of the Greeks. Daily Life, for instance, looks at Agriculture and Getting Food--with recipes!--Social Classes, Friends, Education, etc. You'll definitely want to bookmark this site for your Ancient Greece units. Egyptian Art and Archaeology Tour From the University of Memphis Institute of Egyptian Art, this exhibit and tour is lush with Ancient Egyptian artifacts. The Color Tour will take you to ancient structures along the Nile River, explaining what is known of their origin and construction. Not only a reference site, this online exhibit is a great starting place for any study on this magnificent ancient culture. Looking at Art of Ancient Greece and Rome An exquisite virtual exhibit here, from both Artsedge and The Getty Museum, on artifacts and art produced by the cultures of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. Ancient Egypt lessons lessons are specifically designed for teaching high school Social Studies classes. Topics include social and technological advancements in Ancient Egypt, ethics, religion, and justice systems. Ancient Egypt Teacher's Guide and Resources: Download the pdf file for an extensive teacher's resource and guide on Ancient Egyptian civilization, geography, and culture. Access the accompanying, comprehensive pages from this excellent site from Canada. Activity sheets are also included. At the Tomb of Tutankhament Go on an interactive tour, along with National Geographic, through the Valley of the Kings and on your way to the burial site of King Tutankhamen. Well-written and photo- graphed. Scaling the Pyramids: Nova Online presents Ancient Egypt from a different angle, and it's entirely geometric! Students will study the shape and dimension of ancient pyramids, and then build a scale model of the Great Pyramid. Ancient Egypt Webquest: Designed for middle school students, their task is to study Egyptian construction, mummification procedures, and design in order to create a proposal, via Powerpoint, for a royal tomb. -- About Rocks and Minerals -- Rock cycle song:If your younger students are just beginning to learn about the rock cycle, here is a little ditty to helpthem remember igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks! Rock Classification and Edible Rocks! Not only will students learn how to classify rocks according to their characteristics, they will also go on a rock hunt--and more--they will make their very own EDIBLE metamorphic, igneous, and sedimentary rocks! Rocks & Minerals Teacher Lesson Plans Seven sets of creative and informative lesson plans cover the diversity involved in the study of geology, from creating metamorphic pancakes (!), to erosion, magma, and layers of the earth. Rock Candy: Explore the world of crystals by making some rock candy-- quite a yummy way to learn about minerals! Rock Hounds Unit: Especially viable for grades K-3, this unit on rocks, rock collecting, and examination and classification, uses online resources to integrate technology into an intensive and activity-based learning experience. Rocks & Minerals Wordsearch Puzzle: Solidify learned geology concepts and finish off your rocks and minerals unit with this wordsearch puzzle. Smithsonian Gem & Mineral Collection: A beautiful online collection lets your students virtually explore the minerals and rocks they have been learning about. Click on the picture for an enlargement of each mineral, or on the name for more information. 
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