PBL Quarter 1 resources
Mrs. Avison's Website
sites.google.com/aurorak12.org/avison
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Kiddle- Research
Type a question
http://www.kiddle.co/
mrnussbaum.com/world-geography-for-kids/
Types of Communities:
www.slideshare.net/antarcticaroma/community-types-for-kids-2nd-grade
Cities
MAPS - What do you notice? What are you wondering? How are maps similar and different?
https://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/usa.html (print maps)
Writing Narratives and Resources
http://nationalgeographic.org/activity/mapping-your-state/
“If I was a tourist, what would I need to plan for? Getting into the character.
http://www.capstonekids.com/contests/sikids/pdf/lesson_plans.pdf
Create your character PRINT templates and use to create character before start writing the story
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/english/pdfs/StoryMountain_TL.pdf
*Print and use for story mountain.
*Safe geography websites to explore
*We will take notes to keep track and organize new information.
What are regions like?
How are they the same and different?
Exemplars/Models
TOP Colleges across the United StatesGroups
NORTH:
SOUTH:
MIDWEST:
WEST:
Colleges in Colorado
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Colorado
Mrs. Avison's Website
sites.google.com/aurorak12.org/avison
_____________________________________________________________________
Kiddle- Research
Type a question
http://www.kiddle.co/
mrnussbaum.com/world-geography-for-kids/
Types of Communities:
www.slideshare.net/antarcticaroma/community-types-for-kids-2nd-grade
Cities
MAPS - What do you notice? What are you wondering? How are maps similar and different?
https://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/usa.html (print maps)
Writing Narratives and Resources
http://nationalgeographic.org/activity/mapping-your-state/
“If I was a tourist, what would I need to plan for? Getting into the character.
http://www.capstonekids.com/contests/sikids/pdf/lesson_plans.pdf
Create your character PRINT templates and use to create character before start writing the story
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/english/pdfs/StoryMountain_TL.pdf
*Print and use for story mountain.
*Safe geography websites to explore
- Global Trek is a great site if you’re traveling to another country, or if you just want to travel virtually and learn about other places and cultures.
- Kids Geo is a fun, online geography textbook written for kids.
- 50 States.com provides fun facts and other information about all 50 states, as well as U.S. commonwealths and territories.
- Geography for Kids offers facts, games, quizzes, experiments, videos, images and more.
- National Geographic Kids is, of course, the go-to resource for all things geographic.
*We will take notes to keep track and organize new information.
What are regions like?
- Colorado Regions
- Colorado Experience (Change over time)
- Regions lesson tutorial
- Landforms
- Regional descriptions
- regions.mrdonn.org/usa.html
- www.ducksters.com/geography/us_states/us_geographical_regions.php
- www.flocabulary.com/unit/regions-of-the-us/video/
How are they the same and different?
- Death valley
- Earthquakes
- Tornadoes
- Volcanoes
- Hurricanes
- Tsunamis
- Urban farming- farm to table
- Cities (World’s smart cities)
- Avalanches
- Rock Slide
- Science facts for kids- Predicting and Inferring what different places would need/how people would survive and live)
Exemplars/Models
TOP Colleges across the United StatesGroups
NORTH:
SOUTH:
MIDWEST:
WEST:
Colleges in Colorado
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Colorado