Mapping Skills with Google Earth - Digital Lesson Plan Gr. 6-8 | MAC Software

Mapping Skills with Google Earth - Digital Lesson Plan Gr. 6-8 | MAC Software

An exciting, interactive, and multifaceted resource designed to enhance your students' basic map reading skills. This digital lesson plan is tailored specifically for middle school grades: 6th, 7th and 8th.

• Broadens map understanding through detailed atlases investigating weather patterns and population.
• Presents learners with a deep-dive into their native country’s geography discussing states or provinces, their capitals, cultural landscapes and physical features that define them.
• Included are immersive teaching methods like navigating continental geography before culminating in a global tour allowing students to grasp geographical complexity at different levels of scale starting from their hometown all the way up to intricate world understanding.

The lesson plan comprises 80 screen-pages, each loaded with engaging activities including interactive maps tests preparation practices and memory match-ups games along with crosswords and word search puzzles making learning fun throughout. It has texts accompanied by pre-and-post-reading activities using Google Earth™ components which offer immersive geographical exploration thereby simplifying both group teaching or individual learning.
The package is provided as Mac software in a zip file format inclusive of text-to-speech tools in Spanish perfect for ESL teachers or bilingual classrooms!

This digital lesson plan doesn't just aim at enhancing comprehension but achieving mastery! Incorporates distinct materials aligned with state standards structured in accordance to Bloom's Taxonomy combining both tech-based learning and geographical knowledge efficiently!

1 zip file with MAC software