Geography: Elevation
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Title:
| Geography: Elevation |
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Description:
| These sites provide information about elevation and its effects on temperature and climate, and plant growth and animal life. Includes maps and information pages about elevation points in U.S. and the world. There are suggested lesson plans and activities for students. There are links to eThemes Resources on Geography: Landforms and Maps: Latitude and Longitude. |
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Grade Level:
| 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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Resource Links:
| Elevation Definition
Find out about what the elevation is. Note: This site includes ads and popup ads.
Height, Elevation, and Sea Level
This page gives a brief explanation about relationship among height, elevation, and sea level.
Geographic Names Information Systems
You can query this database by feature name, location, elevation height or feature to get information about the elevation of most any U.S city.
Highest Points in the United States Map
Find out about the highest points of the U.S. map. Includes both physical and satellite maps. Note: This site includes ads.
Elevations and Distances
This page provides information about elevations and distances in the United States.
Highest and Lowest Points in the World
This page provides information about highest and lowest points in the world. Scroll down to "suggested reading" to find more information about lowest points on land deepest ocean points. Note: This site includes ads.
Elevation, Plants, and Animals
Through activities in a lesson plan, students will learn about effects of elevation on where and how plants and animals live.
Mountains: A Drama Exploration
This lesson plan suggests some ideas to help students to learn about mountain formations and explore the effects of elevation on plant and animal life and on weather in the regions on both sides of a mountain.
Elevation and Temperature
Learn about the relationship between elevation and temperature through an interactive map.
Factors that Affects Seasonal Patterns
In this 8-page pdf file, students will learn about the influence of latitude, elevation, and geography on seasonal patterns.
Elevation and Temperature
In this lesson plan, students will learn about effect of elevations on temperature through activities.
Science of Cooking
Read about effects of elevation on cooking and guidelines for converting favorite recipes for high elevation. Click "Forum" to read about specific answers for questions about cooking.
eThemes Resource: Geography: Landforms
These sites are about different types of landforms found around the world. Includes mountains, canyons, plains, beaches, and bays. There are photographs, drawings, online games, and activities. Includes links to eThemes Resources on rivers, oceans, lakes, erosion, and Missouri landforms.
eThemes Resource: Maps: Latitude and Longitude
These sites focus on latitude and longitude. Other topics include time zones, the prime meridian, and the equator. Many sites are interactive.
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Education Standards:
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ME Standards:
3.A.1, 3.A.1, 3.A.1
MO Standards:
5.A.1, 7.A.1, 5.C.1, 5.B.2, 5.C.1
NV Standards:
G.1.2.3, GS.3.2, GS.3.4, GS.3.5, G4.1.4.2, G4.1.4.3, G4.1.4.4
OH Standards:
3.B.4, 3.B.6, 3.B.3
UT Standards:
6.1.d, 6.2.a, 7.2.a
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