Lesson Plan & Scavenger Hunt: Landforms

This lesson was originally used with lesson 1.4 of "Social Studies Alive!" but can be used with any Social Studies program.  Scavenger Hunt materials can be located on our Teachers Pay Teachers Page!

Subject: Social Studies

Grade: 5^th

Title: Landforms Virtual Scavenger Hunt

Integration of Learning Outcomes

· Students will be able to define geographic terms for water and landforms by completing a graphic organizer.

· Students will be able to notice the differences between certain landforms and bodies of water by using an interactive Power Point.

· Students will be able to act out or draw geographic terms relating to water and landforms with a partner.

Standards

· 7.1.5.B: Describe and locate places and regions as defined by physical and human features.

· 7.2.5.A: Describe the characteristics of places and regions.

· E05.B-V.4: Vocabulary acquisition and use

· R5.A.1.1.1: Identify and/or interpret meaning of multiple-meaning words used in text.

Lesson Plan: Native American Online Scavenger Hunt

Online Scavenger Hunts can be used to introduce topics. By following a PowerPoint presentation with appropriate links, students can be led to various websites that will inform them about certain topics. To help guide students through the websites, it is helpful to provide a worksheet so students can pick out the important information.

The following is a Scavenger Hunt on various Native American tribes, mainly found in the Northeast.  The lesson includes a PowerPoint with links to appropriate websites on Native Americans.  Also included is a worksheet (and an answer key) that guides students through the various websites.

The lesson was intended to be for upper-elementary aged students (grade 4), but the project can be easily adapted for any grade level. The Online Scavenger Hunt can really be used for any grade level that can handle a computer and the Internet.