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Geography · Grade 5

Coordinates, Scale and Projection

Learners sharpen their use of latitude and longitude to the half degree, find places on a world map from coordinates and estimate north–south distances (1° of latitude is about 69 miles). They then read map scale written as a ratio such as 1:100,000, and discover why every flat world map stretches something, so they can choose a globe, a Mercator map or an equal-area map for a job.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 85 min
  • Quiz: 10 questions
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Geography · Grade 5

Continents, Oceans and Global Regions

Learners revisit the seven continents and five oceans and order them by real area, then compare where the world's eight billion people live: more than half in Asia, the next-largest share in Africa, and no permanent residents in Antarctica. They learn that world regions such as Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia are groupings people make for a purpose, that atlases draw them differently, and they locate the regions and example countries on the world map.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 85 min
  • Quiz: 10 questions
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Geography · Grade 5

North American Physical Geography

A tour of the whole continent of North America, from Canada's Arctic islands to Panama. Learners locate its countries (including the seven countries of Central America and the main Caribbean islands), its great physical regions from the Canadian Shield to the Sierra Madre, and its rivers, lakes and seas, from the Mississippi–Missouri system to Hudson Bay. They finish by comparing elevations, from Denali at 20,310 feet to Badwater Basin, 282 feet below sea level.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 90 min
  • Quiz: 9 questions
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Geography · Grade 5

United States Human Geography

Where do 331 million Americans live, and why there? Learners calculate and compare population density, explain why the largest cities grew where they did, read census data showing that about four in five Americans live in urban areas and that the population has shifted toward the South and West, and explore the country's cultural diversity and the many kinds of work in each region.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 90 min
  • Quiz: 10 questions
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Geography · Grade 5

Climate, Biomes and Resources

Learners discover that climate, above all temperature and precipitation, decides which plants and animals can live in a place, creating Earth's great biomes: tundra, taiga, temperate deciduous forest, grassland, desert, tropical rainforest and the ocean. They read climographs to identify a biome, find biome patterns on the world map, and trace the resources each biome gives people, from maple syrup to copper, along with ways to use them without using them up.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 90 min
  • Quiz: 9 questions
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Geography · Grade 5

Migration, Trade and Transportation

People, goods and ideas are always on the move. Learners explain migration with push and pull factors, using the Great Migration of about six million African Americans from the South to Northern, Midwestern and Western cities as a central example. They find out why places specialize and trade, tell imports from exports, follow container ships through the Panama Canal (1914) and the St. Lawrence Seaway (1959), and trace a product's journey through ports, rail hubs and highways.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 90 min
  • Quiz: 10 questions

Geography · Grade 5

Interpret Maps and Geographic Data

Maps and graphs look certain, but they are made by people who choose what to show. Learners check a map's title, key, units, source and date before trusting it; see how color classes, totals versus rates and a squeezed graph axis can change the message of the same data; separate claims the data supports from claims that go beyond it (a shared pattern is not proof of cause); and write a short data claim with evidence and a limit.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 90 min
  • Quiz: 10 questions

Geography · Grade 5

Build a Comparative Atlas

The Grade 5 capstone. Learners plan and build a comparative atlas of Canada and Mexico, the United States' two neighbors: a locator map, physical and climate pages, population and economy pages, and a comparison page with conclusions backed by rounded data and a clear limit. They choose the right map or graph for each question, use coordinates, scale, density and climate data from the whole year, and then transfer the process to a new pair of countries, Australia and Brazil.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 100 min
  • Quiz: 10 questions