Make your own sextant and find out how far you are from the equator. Discover how changing the scale of a map can either increase or decrease the level of detail you see. Create a miniature shipwreck and create grids and tags in a model excavation. Students learn about travel to another country and plan a ten day trip. Students combine math and geography to study mountain ranges, mass, and metric.
Students trail a fictitious downhill skier using map reading and geography skills to solve clues.
Students explore the five themes of geography as they compare their region to a city in Japan.