Do you have lesson plans or activities for the classroom?
The USGS Education website is your gateway to classroom resources. Explore links to lesson plans, activities, educational videos, online lectures, posters, non-technical publications, and images for kindergarten through college. This site is an excellent resource for teachers, students, and anyone interested in learning.
Our resources are organized by grade level and topic.
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Map adventures
Map Adventures, with seven accompanying lessons, is appropriate for grades K-3. Students will learn basic concepts for visualizing objects from different perspectives and how to understand /and use maps.
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Make your own paper fossils; a computer animation and paper models
No abstract available.
Authors
Tau Rho Alpha, Scott W. Starratt, James W. Hendley
What do maps show?
The purpose of the teaching package is to help students understand and use maps. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has provided the package as a service to educators so that more Americans will learn to understand the world of information on maps. Everything in the package teaches and reinforces geographic skills that are required in your curriculum.
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Make your own earth and tectonic globes
No abstract available.
Authors
T. R. Alpha, S. W. Starratt, C.C. Chang
Exploring maps
Exploring Maps is an interdisciplinary set of materials on mapping for grades 7-12. Students will learn basic mapmaking and map reading skills and will see how maps can answer fundamental geographic questions: "Where am I?" "What else is here?" "Where am I going?"
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How to construct four paper models that describe island coral reefs
No abstract available.
Authors
Tau Rho Alpha
Make your own paper model of a volcano
No abstract available.
Authors
Tau Rho Alpha, Leslie C. Gordon
How to construct seven paper models that describe faulting of the earth
No abstract available.
Authors
Tau Rho Alpha, John C. Lahr
Related Content
Filter Total Items: 20
Map adventures
Map Adventures, with seven accompanying lessons, is appropriate for grades K-3. Students will learn basic concepts for visualizing objects from different perspectives and how to understand /and use maps.
Authors
Make your own paper fossils; a computer animation and paper models
No abstract available.
Authors
Tau Rho Alpha, Scott W. Starratt, James W. Hendley
What do maps show?
The purpose of the teaching package is to help students understand and use maps. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has provided the package as a service to educators so that more Americans will learn to understand the world of information on maps. Everything in the package teaches and reinforces geographic skills that are required in your curriculum.
Authors
Make your own earth and tectonic globes
No abstract available.
Authors
T. R. Alpha, S. W. Starratt, C.C. Chang
Exploring maps
Exploring Maps is an interdisciplinary set of materials on mapping for grades 7-12. Students will learn basic mapmaking and map reading skills and will see how maps can answer fundamental geographic questions: "Where am I?" "What else is here?" "Where am I going?"
Authors
How to construct four paper models that describe island coral reefs
No abstract available.
Authors
Tau Rho Alpha
Make your own paper model of a volcano
No abstract available.
Authors
Tau Rho Alpha, Leslie C. Gordon
How to construct seven paper models that describe faulting of the earth
No abstract available.
Authors
Tau Rho Alpha, John C. Lahr