Lesson plan

Math With A Map: Physical Characteristics of the United States


GeoSTEM

Description

n this lesson, students will identify some of the major physical (natural) characteristics of the United States including mountains, lakes, rivers, oceans and forests.

Duration

2 class periods

Author

Dawn
Larson

Standards

1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information
2: How to use mental maps (a person's internalized picture of a part of Earth's surface) to organize information about people places, and environments
3: How to analyze the spatial organization of people places, and environments on Earth's surface
4: The physical and human characteristics of places
5: That people create regions to interpret Earth's complexity

Teacher Instructions

LarsonMathT.pdf (109.72 KB)

Student Materials

LarsonMathS.pdf (85.18 KB)
US_math.pdf (111.86 KB)
US_math_key.pdf (137.72 KB)

Materials To Assist Teachers and English Language Learners

Supplemental Files