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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
Greeting Friends From Other Places
Introduction to Latitude and Longitude
Mars Mobiles
No Magic Borders
The Land of the Inca
The Middle East Region: Flags and Facts
Welcome to Your New School!: Using a Geographic Perspective
Standard 2:
How to use mental maps to organize information about people, places and environments in a spatial context
Getting Lost
Over the River and Through the Woods: Traveling By Memory
Standard 3:
How to analyze the spatial organization of people, places, and environments on Earth's surface
Beautiful Blue Nile
Explore Your State With Maps
Insects We Love and Hate
Where in the U.S. Would You Want to Live?
World View: National Anthems Around the World
Standard 4:
The physical and human characteristics of places
Exploring Physical and Human Characteristics of Earth's Spaces
How's the Weather—in Africa?!
Life on the Rivers of Asia
Regions of a Grocery Store
Take Off on the MegaFlyover Project!
The Chesapeake Bay Watershed: A Timeline of Change, a Model for Change
Those Fussy Dinosaurs!
To Build an Island
What's Your Favorite Place?
You Can Climb Any Mountain
Standard 5:
That people create regions to interpret Earth's complexity
A Vacation to the Polar Regions
Mission Geography: Continents
Using Maps to See Regions
Standard 6:
How culture and experience influence people's perceptions of places and regions
Barbaloot Suits: Preserving Biodiversity
Culture Goggles: Same Holy Land, Different Holidays
Geotourism: Be a Friend to Our Parks
Jimmy Chin Sees Adventure: What Do You See?
King Tut's Treasures
Mapping What Matters
Who Sees the Seas as Important?
Standard 7:
The physical processes that shape the patterns of Earth's surface
Big Island Pool: Igneous Rocks and the Anatomy of a Volcano
El Niño: More Than Just Hot Air?
How's the Weather Today?
Introduction to Waves
Introduction to the Grand Canyon
Prepare Yourself!
Splish, Splash: Water's Journey to My Glass
Why It's Essential
Standard 8:
The characteristics and spatial distribution of ecosystems on Earth's surface
Alligators and Crocodiles
Designing a Native Plants Garden
Elementary Ecosystems
Fish Aren't Afraid of the Dark!
Little Red Riding Hood Meets—A Golden Retriever?
The Antarctic Food Chain
The Incredible Prairie Picture Show
Who Am I?
Standard 9:
The characteristics, distribution, and migration of human population on Earth's surface
Arctic Terns From North to South
Beluga Whales in the Ice
Caribou Migration
Elephant Seals on the Beach
How Do You Like a Crowd?
Human Migration: The Story of a Community
Leatherback Sea Turtles and Their Special Compasses
Migration: Why We Move
Pacific Salmon
Whooping Cranes and Their Human Friends
Wildebeest Migration
Standard 10:
The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics
Life in the Mountains
Modern Culture
Weeping Camel: Finding Rituals in Our Daily Lives
Xpeditions Express: City Scavenger Hunt
Standard 11:
The patterns and networks of economic interdependence on Earth's surface
Trade and Transportation in the United States
Standard 12:
The processes, patterns, and functions of human settlement
Interpreting Rock Art of the Anasazi
Traditional Towns and Modern Suburbs
Standard 13:
How the forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control of Earth's surface
Personal Boundaries and Forbidden Places
Submarines: The Classroom Fleet
What's Your Territory?
Why Do We Have an American Flag?
Standard 14:
How human actions modify the physical environment
Can We Keep the Lake Clean?
Crane Cam!
Forest Features
Getting to Know the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Our National Parks: Recreation and Preservation
Protecting Africa's Wildlife
Right Whales and People
Sharks: Should
They
Be Afraid of
Us?
Taking Care of Our Oceans
What Are Manatees?
Standard 15:
How physical systems affect human systems
The Rhythm of Rice Production
The Three Little Pigs in Earthquake Land
What is a Tornado?
Standard 16:
The changes that occur in the meaning, use, distribution, and importance of resources
Everything Comes From Something
Spices of the World
What Would You Work Hard For?
Standard 17:
How to apply geography to interpret the past
A Pirate's Life
Ancient Flood Stories
Back in the Olden Days
Bipedalism—Did Hominids Ride Bikes?
Dinosaur Bodies
Finding Your Way: The Underground Railroad
Mummies: Honoring the Dead
Olympic Competition
The Dig: Them Bones
Standard 18:
How to apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future
"Adopt" a Geographic News Story
Echoes: What Animals Can Teach Scientists
Frog Alert! Frog Alert!
Geography Skills and Your Town
Into the Ocean
Your Changing Town
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