Lesson plan
Where Did the Lake Go? The Drying Up of Lake Chad
GeoSTEM
Description
In this lesson students will become aware of the significance a lake can have on an area and how a change in the lake can directly affect the lives of humans and other living things. Students will explore the rate of change in area of Lake Chad in Africa over the years.Duration
2-3 class periodsAuthor
Barbara
Martin
Standards
1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information3: How to analyze the spatial organization of people places, and environments on Earth's surface
14: How human actions modify the physical environment
16: The changes that occur in the meaning, use, distribution, and importance of resources
18: How to apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future
Teacher Instructions
MartinChadT.pdf
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AFRICA2_0.pdf
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Water_Cycle_s.pdf
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Water_Cycle_blank_s.pdf
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Africa_Lake_Chad.pdf
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Student Materials
MartinChadS.pdf
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Lake_Chad_63_73.pdf
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Lake_Chad_87_97.pdf
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chad-world.pdf
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Materials To Assist Teachers and English Language Learners
Supplemental Files
LakeChadCameroonphoto.jpg
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GSFC_Press_Release_01_17.pdf
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LakeChadarticle.pdf
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