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Standard 1:
How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective
Alike and Different: The Middle East and the United States
Comparing the Continents
Living Through a Drought
Martian Real Estate: A Good Investment?
Planning a Road Trip
Where Were the U.S. Presidents Born?
Where in the World? Using a Geographic Perspective to Identify Destinations for a Class Trip
Standard 2:
How to use mental maps to organize information about people, places and environments in a spatial context
Be a Geography Detective
Mental Map of Your Classroom
Which Direction Should I Go?
Standard 3:
How to analyze the spatial organization of people, places, and environments on Earth's surface
Fleas!
Geography of Pizza
Make State Maps With MapMachine
River Sources and Stories
The United States at Night
Topography of Africa
What We Can Learn From Maps
Standard 4:
The physical and human characteristics of places
City or Country Life?
Creatures and Features in America's Backyard
How Are Islands Formed?
Lewis and Clark: Building a Lasting Legacy
Locator Booth: Mapping South America
Mark Twain's Cave
Marketplaces of Asia
Regional Foods
The Chesapeake Bay Watershed: Past, Present, and Future
The Geography of Ascent
Why Does Africa Need National Parks?
Wonderworld Theme Park
Your Special Town
Standard 5:
That people create regions to interpret Earth's complexity
Expedition to the Poles
Mission Geography: USA
Satellite Spyglass: Formal, Functional and Perceptual Regions
Standard 6:
How culture and experience influence people's perceptions of places and regions
Ancient Egypt: Stories and Myths
Cultural Symbols and the Characteristics of Place
Geotourism: Friendly Destinations
Jimmy Chin's Adventure in Extreme Photography
Lewis and Clark: Facing Challenges—Real and Imagined
Lewis and Clark: Same Place, Different Perspectives
Preservation is Important? Says Who?
Underwater Study: Marine Biology
Standard 7:
The physical processes that shape the patterns of Earth's surface
How Was the Grand Canyon Formed?
The Active Earth
The Eye of the Hurricane
The Sun and the Earth
Wave Heights
We're in Hot Water Now: Hydrothermal Vents
Standard 8:
The characteristics and spatial distribution of ecosystems on Earth's surface
Antarctica: A Cold Desert Ecosystem
Aquarium Habitats
At Home Under the Cretaceous Seas
Changing With the Tide
Design a Regional "Eco Park"
Does the Hammer Help?
Dugongs and Elephants—Cousins?
Eco-Cycle: Finding the Parts of an Ecosystem
Ferocious Felines
Geographical Dog Show
How Do Leopard Seals Hunt?
Lighting Up the Sea
People and Endangered Species
Pilot Whales' Place in the Ocean
Sable Island's Seals, Sharks, and Sand Lances
The Galápagos Islands: A Special Place
The Ocean and Human Medicine
The Water Column: Where Do Ocean Animals Belong?
Weather Complaints
What Did They Eat?
What Do We Know About Nurse Shark Mating?
What's So Key About a Keystone Species?
Which Turtle for the Tiger Shark?
Why Do Whales Make Sounds?
Standard 9:
The characteristics, distribution, and migration of human population on Earth's surface
How Crowded Are Our States?
Human Migration: The Story of a Community's Culture
Migration: Reasons to Move
Top Ten Cities
Standard 10:
The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics
A Nepalese Village and Your Town: What's the Difference?
Ancient Worlds Workshop: Egypt
Cultural Connections: The Tapestry of Life
Fairy Tales, Then and Now
Inca Artifacts
Mapping Your State's Culture
The Travels of Ibn Battuta
Weeping Camel: What is a Ritual?
Standard 11:
The patterns and networks of economic interdependence on Earth's surface
"On the Road Again": Moving People, Products, and Ideas
Rail Traffic Controller
Where Do Your Belongings Come From?
Standard 12:
The processes, patterns, and functions of human settlement
Design Your Own Suburb
Nomads: Where Boundaries Move
Paris Scope
There's No Place Like Home
Standard 13:
How the forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control of Earth's surface
Charting Countries of the World
Submarines: The Journey of
K-19
The Legacy of Pearl Harbor
Unions and Alliances
What's it Like to Live Along a National Boundary?
Standard 14:
How human actions modify the physical environment
Are Sharks As Dangerous As We Think They Are?
Bird Baths: Cleaning Up Wildlife After Oil Spills
Crane Cam: Conservation and Community
People and African Animals
Really Wild Animals: Will People Change Them Forever?
Responsible Whale Watching
The Aral Sea: Then and Now
The Garden
What Can We Learn from the Chesapeake Bay Watershed?
Standard 15:
How physical systems affect human systems
Earthquakes and Volcanoes
If a Tree Falls in the Forest...
Living Landscapes: Are You a Disaster?
Oh, Give Me a Home
Twister! What to Do in a Tornado
Standard 16:
The changes that occur in the meaning, use, distribution, and importance of resources
Create a Wetland Scene
From Boomtown to Ghost Town
Lewis and Clark: Why Explore the Vast Unknown?
Prairie-Chicken Pageant
Spices in Your Favorite Foods
Standard 17:
How to apply geography to interpret the past
Building a Greek Subway Museum
Create a Creature
Deep-Sea Technology
Fossils Rock! Tales from the Field
Genealogical Atlases
How Do Scientists Find Dinosaur Fossils?
Mummies and the Desert
One If By Land, and Two If By Sea!
Paleoanthropology—What is Bipedalism?
Pirate Map
Quilting: The Story of the Underground Railroad
Sharing Your Town's History
Standard 18:
How to apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future
Earth Day Every Day
How Do Humpback Whales Feed?
It's Tough to Be a Leatherback Turtle
Lions and People—Uneasy Neighbors
Mysteries of the Monk Seal
Ocean Exploration Museum
Seeing the World Through the News
The Frog Squad: Atrazine and Frog Populations
The Mystery of the Monk Seal
Uplink Outpost: To the Future Class Of...
Using Photography to Help Save the Oceans
What is Geography?
What's Happening to the Emperor Penguins?
Why Is Oceanography Important?
Your Town in the Past, Present, and Future
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