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With my head in the stars, AND my feet on the ground.................................................."GEOGRAPHY TAKES YOU PLACES!" "Geo-Terrific" geography resources for busy teachers!!
With help from the Utah & Hawaii Geographic Alliances, I have created a document with live links that is a one-stop guide to all types of activities and support for Geography Awareness Week.
The Utah Geographic Alliance website is hosting the document at the above site....The Hawaii Geographic Alliance has graciously let me use the format and some of their links for this document as well. The activities and suggested links are mainly geared to Utah teachers/core curriculum, but all are welcome to use the ideas collected here. Ideas for Geography Awareness Week:
Make a BIG MAP, share ideas, watch videos, listen to music, read books all about Europe.....Enjoy and help celebrate Geography Awareness Week!!
CHEERS!!!!!!!!!
I found a few more lesson plans (with lots of extensions) that relate to teaching about the inner layers of the earth. These lessons also use: "How To Dig a Hole to the Other Side of the World."
http://www.usmint.gov/kids/teachers/lessonPlans/50sq/2005/0406-3.rtf
http://www.thesolutionsite.com/lesson/1206/watsonelB1.html
http://www.nku.edu/~enved/services.htm
Realistically, we could not dig to the other side of the earth....but if we could? The following fun websites below will show you where you would exit (antipode locations) ...if you could dig to the other side of the world!!!!!
http://www.freemaptools.com/tunnel-to-other-side-of-the-earth.htmhttp://www.antipodemap.com/
Sharing a cool video I found showing the 2007 Annual Latern Festival in Pingshi, Taiwan... for more information about lantern festivals:
http://www.chinavoc.com/festivals/lantern.htm
http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Tagalog/Cynthia/festivals/giant_lanterns.htm
Happy Chinese New Year! The above video is about the history of the Chinese New Year traditions. I've listed several teachers sites below with all kinds of lesson plans & activities related the Chinese New Year!
Start with a China Geography lesson plan from Asia Society: http://www.asiasociety.org/
http://askasia.org/teachers/lessons/plan.php?no=33&era=&grade=&geo=
Chinese New Year activities and customs:
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/chinese-new-year/#aboutchinesenewyear
http://holidays.pppst.com/chinesenewyear.html (online powerpoint presentations about Chinese New Year subjects)
http://www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/festivals/chinese.htm (lots of ideas here and lesson plans)
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/new-years/teacher-resources/6649.html (New Years celebrations and traditions of many different cultures!!)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/butterflies/
I just received notice from PBS/NOVA of a new program: "The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies". FANTASTIC geography component when teaching butterfly metamorphosis to the younglings!!!!
"Program Overview :
NOVA traces the monarch butterfly's 2,000-mile migration to Mexico from Canada and the Northeastern United States." http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/programs/3601_butterfly.html
Excellent geography viewing/lesson ideas:http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/viewing/3601_butterfly.html
Additional links and book resources listed on the site as well!!http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/butterflies/resources.html
Also...if your school is still planning a Geography Awareness Week: Mapping the Americas...This would be a perfect subject to complement your Americas' mapping activities!!!!!