The active earth
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/07/g35/earth.html
A lesson plan for Grade 2 Science and Social Studies
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- Appropriate grades
- 2
- Subjects
- science (meteorology), social studies (geography)
- Provider
- National Geographic
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In this lesson students will investigate natural disasters and create a poster showing “The Active Earth.” They will look at examples of weather maps and create their own weather map based on the current weather.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Social Studies (2003)
Grade 2
- Goal 5: The learner will understand the relationship between people and geography in various communities.
- Objective 5.01: Define geography and use geographic terms to describe landforms, bodies of water, weather, and climate.
Science (2005)
Grade 2
- Goal 2: The learner will conduct investigations and use appropriate tools to build an understanding of the changes in weather.
- Objective 2.03: Describe weather using quantitative measures of:
- Temperature.
- Wind direction.
- Wind speed.
- Precipitation.
- Objective 2.03: Describe weather using quantitative measures of:
