| Objectives |
Students will acquire basic map-reading skills and define the importance of key geographic terms. Students will be able to identify how geographers show information on a map. Students will be able to identify continents, oceans and hemispheres on a map |
| Classroom Activity |
Warm-up: In your spirals, put the following in order from largest to smallest: gulf, bay sea, ocean Grade Lesson 1.6 whole class Lesson 1.7 Earth and Sun |
| Resources |
Bill Nye- Earth and Sun video (4 mins) Why do we have seasons video (3min) 1.6 Hemisphere and continent cards |
| Homework |
Lesson 1.6 continents and oceans – in class activity Map skills test on Friday, Sept. 6th Tell your parents how seasons work Optional: 2000 XP in Classcraft for a big bag of candy |