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Peer reviewedMontz, Burrell E.; And Others – Journal of Geography, 1989
Explains how studying a floodplain can help students analyze the interactions between humans and the physical environment. Analyzes data from two cities in California to demonstrate that housing prices did not rebound after a flood. (GG)
Descriptors: Community Planning, Community Study, Earth Science, Environment
Peer reviewedKlasky, Charles – Social Education, 1977
Described is a social studies unit which challenges students to employ important geographic principles in investigating the relationship between land and people. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Innovation, Geographic Concepts, Geography Instruction
Delameter, Cynthia – 1999
The physical geography of the Los Angeles, California, area is composed of six natural regions: mountains, valleys, bays, rivers, a basin, and a peninsula. When the Spanish first explored the region they saw a fairly level plain, extending some miles back from the seacoast, with high mountains in the background. Most of the land near the ocean was…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Curriculum Based Assessment, Grade 3, Land Use
Hill, David A., Ed. – 1988
Primarily a collection of lesson plans covering various topics in geography, this document is divided into seven sections. The first section includes three short papers on geography and its place in the curriculum. The second section deals with teaching map skills, evaluating computer software to be used in teaching geography, and ideas for field…
Descriptors: Air Pollution, Courseware, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
Popescu, Diane – Geoscope, 1978
Describes a simulation game in which the objective is to highlight the social, political, economic, and environmental factors related to the building of a natural gas pipeline. Groups of players represent private enterprise, government, local people, environmentalists, and news media. For journal availability, see SO 507 287. (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Classroom Games, Ecological Factors, Environment, Ethnic Groups
Pitcher, Stephen – Geoscope, 1979
Describes a simulation game whose objective is to help students understand the part played by water in the environment from both the physical and the social viewpoint. Journal availability: see SO 507 285. (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Materials, Community Development, Community Planning
Download full textBenhart, John E.; Margin, Alex – 1994
This teacher's guide focuses on the value and functions of wetlands by integrating science and the politics of wetlands into a geographic framework. Wetlands are highly dynamic, diverse, and prolific ecosystems. The volume advocates a need for mutual understanding and harmony of effort in order to deal with the complex issues of the wetlands. The…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Conservation (Environment), Ecology, Elementary Secondary Education
Jagoda, Susan Kaschner; Friedland, Mary – 1984
The Science in Action series is designed to teach practical science concepts to special-needs students. It is intended to develop students' problem-solving skills by teaching them to observe, record, analyze, conclude, and predict. This document contains a student workbook which deals with basic principles of earth science. Seven separate units…
Descriptors: Climate, Earth Science, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Education
