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This lesson familiarizes learners with the term "tropical belt." First, learners locate the equator, Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn on a map and trace these lines with a crayon.

In this activity, two groups of learners create two separate landform models out of clay (mountains and valleys).

In this outdoor activity, learners discover how the environment around a building affects the growth of plants.

Learners work as a group to create a map of their community. They use pasta to represent people, and glue the pasta on their maps to show areas of large population.

In this activity, learners will explore how maps can provide information about a place and help us find our way from one location to another.

Historically, sea floor mapping (bathymetry) was done by soundings.

In this activity, learners act as epidemiologists by mapping the prevalence of HIV/AIDS worldwide.

Learners explore the relationship between energy consumption, population, and carbon emissions in the countries of the Americas.

In this activity, learners create their own icons for a forecast-at-a-glance poster for their classroom/learning space.

Learners look at labels on items in the room to determine where each item was manufactured, then write about the item on an index card.

In this activity, learners use a fictitious map of "Tourist Town" and counters to problem solve how to place ice-cream vans on street intersections so that every other intersection is connected to one

In this activity, learners create a map showing the origins of spices and herbs from a favorite recipe(s). Learners first research the origins of the ingredients and then locate them on a world map.