Trees,
2012
East High School, Waterloo Community Schools
Trees, Rodney Wallace
Open Educational Resources
The student will be able to locate, identify, and understand the photosynthic cycle of 6 species of trees. The student will also be able to explain physical observations made of each tree.
Understanding The Wisdom Of A People,
2012
Wood Intermediate School
Understanding The Wisdom Of A People, Kathy Sundstedt
Open Educational Resources
Students will compare Yoruba and United States values.
What Makes A Healthy (Or Unhealthy) Nation?,
2012
Johnston High School: Johnston, IA
What Makes A Healthy (Or Unhealthy) Nation?, Jesse Dowell
Open Educational Resources
Identify and investigate the cultural, economic, and political factors that contribute to a nation’s health and well-being.
What You Give,
2012
University of Northern Iowa
What You Give, Jennifer Krieger-Coen
Open Educational Resources
Students will be able to identify the exports of their native country and why the U.S. needs/wants these imports.
What's In A Name?: "Oruko Lonro Ni" Which Means "Names Affect Behavior",
2012
Wood Intermediate School
What's In A Name?: "Oruko Lonro Ni" Which Means "Names Affect Behavior", Anne Hoeper
Open Educational Resources
Students will be aware that Yoruba people believe the name a child bears can influence his/her behavior; therefore, the names given to a child in Nigeria are chosen for their meaning.
Using Google Earth To Track Carnegie Steel From U.S. History,
2012
Chariton High School
Using Google Earth To Track Carnegie Steel From U.S. History, Tim Curnutte
Open Educational Resources
Students will understand that Carnegie Steel owned all facets of steel production and transportation, effectively cutting out the middle men, thus maximizing corporate profits.
European Comparisons,
2012
Wapsie Valley Jr./Sr. High School
European Comparisons, Barry Eberhard
Open Educational Resources
Students will compare and contrast different rates within European countries’ culture to the United States.
The Virgins Of Chile,
2012
St. Francis of Assisi, West Des Moines, Iowa
The Virgins Of Chile, Erin Nennig
Open Educational Resources
Students will investigate the immigration stories and feast day celebrations of the Virgins of Latin America. Students will map where the ideas of each Virgin originated. Students will create and present a PowerPoint describing their assigned Virgin.
Virtual Vacation,
2012
Cedar Falls High School, Cedar Falls Community School District
Virtual Vacation, Traci Lake
Open Educational Resources
Students will determine criteria used to choose travel locations and use reasoning to explain how their choices fit these criteria. Students will use Google Earth to determine a travel itinerary and route of transport, identifying important human and physical features. Students will use Google Earth technology to create a tour in which to map and measure their travel.
Who Are We? Local Geography: Hull, Iowa,
2012
Boyden-Hull Community School District
Who Are We? Local Geography: Hull, Iowa, Rob Van’T Land
Open Educational Resources
Using the most recent data, students will create pie graphs, maps, and writings to give a better picture of the ethnic diversity of Hull.
Who's Developed?,
2012
Mount Pleasant Community High School, Mount Pleasant Community School District
Who's Developed?, Brittany Lassen
Open Educational Resources
Students will understand what makes a country developed or not developed and may have some of their misconceptions addressed regarding how developed/underdeveloped certain countries are.
Why Should I Care About Geography?,
2012
Maple Valley/Anthon-Oto Middle School
Why Should I Care About Geography?, Amy Bisenuis
Open Educational Resources
Students will participate in a geography lesson in which they will find the countries on a map in which 3 articles of their clothing came from. Then, students will explore Google Earth’s website and type the name of their country (and then the largest city of that country) in and take a virtual field-trip to see what that country looks like. Finally, students will choose one of those countries to make a T-Chart comparing and contrasting life there to life in their town in the USA.
Where In The World Could I Count How Many Stars Are In The Sky?,
2012
Manson Northwest-Webster Community School District
Where In The World Could I Count How Many Stars Are In The Sky?, Dawn Pohlman
Open Educational Resources
The students will be using a picture book to explore the differences that exist in communities within the same region. This will then allow them to work closely with the definition of rural and urban communities and identify which type of community they live in.
World Population And Food Distribution,
2012
University of Northern Iowa
World Population And Food Distribution, Matt Hoodjer
Open Educational Resources
Students will be able to identify what parts of the world are and are not heavily populated. Students will be able to identify the regions of the world with a scarce food supply. Students will be able to propose strategies to correct the imbalance of the world food distribution.
Farmers And Economic Decision-Making,
2012
Seymour Community High School, Seymour Community School District
Farmers And Economic Decision-Making, Anthony Boggs
Open Educational Resources
Students will be able to make rational economic decisions based on given conditions. Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of the impact economic decisions have on agricultural products in the state of Iowa.
West Creek Development Osae,
2012
Lawton-‐Bronson Jr/Sr High School
West Creek Development Osae, Jeff Firsching
Open Educational Resources
Students will work cooperatively to speculate on the changes humans have made to transform farm fields into a housing development and what the consequences of those changes could be.
What Causes A Genocide?,
2012
Johnston High School, Johnston Community School District
What Causes A Genocide?, Jesse Dowell
Open Educational Resources
Understand the broad common themes that occurred in the Rwandan and Bosnian genocides, and apply them to current situations.
Body Art,
2012
Geographic Alliance of Iowa
Body Art, Geographic Alliance Of Iowa
Open Educational Resources
Students will explore the history of, uses of, and impacts of body art on cultures. Students will identify global practices of body art. Students will design their own works of body art.
Visiting Mesopotamia,
2012
Clear Lake Middle School Clear Lake, IA
Visiting Mesopotamia, K. Schmidt, A. Garman
Open Educational Resources
Students will design a postcard using primary knowledge of previous classroom discussions of the geographical importance of Mesopotamia.
Migration Streams,
2012
Geographic Alliance of Iowa.
Migration Streams, Geographic Alliance Of Iowa
Open Educational Resources
Students will be able to identify reasons migrants leave a country and why they chose to go to certain countries and why they move within a country. Students will be able to make migration stream maps from data. Students will understand and compare migration streams of Chile and the U.S. Students will research local immigration.
