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2nd grade geography resources for GATE
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!
Grades:
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
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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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
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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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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Grades:
2nd - 9th
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
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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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
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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Grades:
2nd - 4th
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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A Pirate's Life - Treasure Hunt Challenge
Unleash your inner pirate with this map-making treasure hunt challenge. Students will make a treasure map using graphing and map-making skills, as well as, draft a secret message to help other pirate's locate the buried treasure. This activity is highly engaging, and can be used to reinforce a variety of classroom topics, including but not limited to: graphing, geography, European Exploration, navigation, early coding, Florida history, Golden Age of Piracy, homeschool education, enrichment, a
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2nd - 6th
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FREE States Choice Board Menu for Differentiation Enrichment and Early Finishers
Are you looking for an engaging, no-prep States Choice Board? Choice boards / menu boards / tic-tac-toe boards are excellent for differentiating your instruction for ALL students, including intervention and enrichment students! This choice board is perfect for reviewing and extending what you've taught in class. Printable and digital versions are both included, and it's ready to be used!What Is Included in This Resource?Teaching TipsChoice Board Folder CoversStudent Pages for Each Choice Board A
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2nd - 5th
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May the Fourth STEM Mats - STEM Center for Building Bricks
May the 4th be with you! These ARE the STEM mats you are looking for. If you are searching for a STEM / space themed resource for May the 4th, this set is out of this ✨world✨!STEM Mats are so easy to set up in your classroom! If you like these please check out the other available sets (below).What You'll Get⭐ Instructions and sample images⭐ 3 May the 4th STEM Mats ⭐ Recording sheet⭐ Metric options and two color themesLearn MoreFor a detailed explanation of how to use STEM mats, please visit this
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1st - 5th
Also included in: STEM Activities and Makerspace Tasks for the Whole Year
Maps Choice Board Menu for Differentiation, Enrichment and Early Finishers
Are you looking for an engaging, no-prep Maps Choice Board? Choice boards / menu boards / tic-tac-toe boards are excellent for differentiating your instruction for ALL students, including intervention and enrichment students! This choice board is perfect for reviewing and extending what you've taught in class. Printable and digital versions are both included, and it's ready to be used!What Is Included in This Resource?Teaching TipsChoice Board Folder CoversStudent Pages for Each Choice Board Act
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2nd - 5th
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Create Your Own Country
In this unit, you are going to create your county. You will plan out the process, and then create a final drawing (large-scale) of your countryYour country can be any shape you link (be creative), the more points and wiggles the better. Maybe your country is a chocolate chip cookie or a hamburger. The sky's the limit. Your country will have (all with names and Labels):5 CitiesOne CapitalMountainA ForestA river or LakeNational LandmarkA Map KeyA Compass RoseAlong with creating your country, you w
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1st - 5th
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MAP SKILLS BUNDLE - CLASSROOM, BEDROOM, HOUSE, ZOO - TESTS AND CENTERS SPANISH
IN SPANISH!! Mapping it out!! Activities for 4 weeks. These are engaging and fun projects to teach basic mapping skills. The students learn to describe the location of objects relative to other locations in a bedroom (Over, near, far, left, right, north, south, east, west). They create and use simple maps such as maps of the home, classroom, bedroom, and a zoo using cardinal directions, and easy to follow instructions. Besides, Hands-on maps that you can laminate and use in a center!!- House or
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1st - 4th
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Landforms, Bodies of Water, Natural Resources and How People Use Them - Spanish!
EXPLORING PLACES!! In Spanish!!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 presentati
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K - 4th
Also included in: BODIES OF WATER, LANDFORMS, NATURAL RESOURCES BUNDLE IN SPANISH
Make Your Own Country Metaverse Elementary STEM Project (googleslides)
In this Make Your Own Country STEM Project, students explore the metaverse while learning how to use immersive technologies to represent a wide variety of STEM and geography skills! From choosing a location to establishing their country's government, students utilize both STEM and interdisciplinary skills to plan all aspects of their country. This interactive Googleslides activity provides everything students need to make their own country with step by step scaffolding. This project is ideal for
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2nd - 5th
Mailing Me Family Geography Project
Mailing Me is a fun and engaging way to bring geography to life! Students will mail off a mini paper doll version of themselves to family and/or friends in other states/countries- The further away the better! Friends and family will take pictures of the Mini's adventures and send back information in the Travel Journal (provided) and include postcards, books or other items that help tell about that city. My students have received beads from New Orleans, wheat from Kansas, salt water taffy from
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1st - 3rd
Oh The Places You'll Go!
This editable Google Slides presentation can be copied for individual students. It can be used during Read Across America week or during a unit about travel, geography, etc. Allow students to do their research and present the final product!
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