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Geography · Grade 6

Global Coordinates and Map Projections

Learners use a linked 3D globe and flat map to give every place an address in latitude and longitude, switch between degree–minute and decimal notation, and work through the tricky cases: the equator, the prime meridian, island countries and the 180° line through Fiji. They then measure with map scale and discover why every flat world map stretches something, so they can judge which projection suits a purpose.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 100 min
  • Quiz: 10 questions
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Geography · Grade 6

Physical Systems and Landforms

Learners discover the two sets of forces that shape Earth's surface: moving tectonic plates that build mountains, volcanoes and trenches, and weathering, erosion and deposition that wear the land down and rebuild it elsewhere. They follow a river from source to mouth, then read maps and elevation profiles to explain real landscapes from Iceland to the Himalaya and the Andes.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 95 min
  • Quiz: 10 questions
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Geography · Grade 6

Climate Zones and Biomes

Learners separate weather from climate, read climographs, and investigate the controls that make places hot or cold, wet or dry: latitude, altitude, distance from the sea, ocean currents, winds and mountains. They classify climates with a simplified Köppen key and connect each climate to the biome that grows there, locating rainforests, deserts and boreal forests on the world map.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 95 min
  • Quiz: 10 questions
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Geography · Grade 6

Population and Settlement Patterns

Why do more than eight billion people crowd into some places and leave others almost empty? Learners map dense and sparse regions, explain them with physical and human factors, calculate population density and see what an average can hide. They then investigate why settlements grow where they do — site and situation — and classify settlement patterns and the settlement hierarchy.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 90 min
  • Quiz: 10 questions
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Geography · Grade 6

Water, Food and Resource Geography

Learners find out how little of Earth's water is fresh and reachable, why some places run short, and what dams, wells, irrigation and desalination cost as well as give. They explain where the world's staple foods are grown, classify resources as renewable or non-renewable, and investigate why valuable resources such as cobalt and oil are concentrated in a few places, ending with a written recommendation for a water-short region.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 95 min
  • Quiz: 10 questions
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Geography · Grade 6

Regions of the Eastern Hemisphere

What makes a region, and who decides where it ends? Learners meet formal, functional and perceptual regions, then tour the regions of Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania, comparing them with physical and human evidence such as landforms, climate, population and age. They finish by tracing the routes that connect these regions, from the Silk Roads and monsoon winds to the Suez Canal and the Strait of Malacca.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 95 min
  • Quiz: 10 questions

Geography · Grade 6

Geographic Data and Map Reliability

Maps look certain, but every map is built from data that someone collected, at some date, by some method, for some purpose. Learners trace where geographic data comes from, run a sampling simulation to see why sample size matters, read the main kinds of thematic map, and learn the warning signs of an unreliable map — out-of-date borders, missing places, hidden sources and misleading choices. They finish by critiquing a map with a reliability checklist.

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

Geography · Grade 6

Design an Evidence-Based Expedition

In this capstone, learners plan a (simulated) student field expedition to Iceland to study where two tectonic plates pull apart and how a great ice cap shapes the land. They locate the study sites with coordinates, choose the season from climate and daylight data, plan a route with map scale and settlements for supplies, weigh hazards and the reliability of their sources, and write an expedition proposal backed by evidence.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 110 min
  • Quiz: 10 questions

Geography · Grade 7

Scale, Projections and Spatial Reasoning

Learners reason like spatial thinkers: describing places by absolute and relative location, spotting clustered, dispersed and linear patterns, and seeing how a pattern can appear or vanish when the scale of analysis changes. They discover why the shortest flight between two cities looks curved on a flat map, estimate great-circle distances, and use longitude to work out time differences and explain time zones.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 100 min
  • Quiz: 10 questions
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Geography · Grade 7

Population, Migration and Urbanization

Why do people move, and why are cities growing so fast? Learners use push and pull factors, obstacles and opportunities to explain migration, classify different kinds of moves, and read UN data showing the world becoming mostly urban. They investigate megacities such as Lagos and Dhaka — their opportunities as well as their challenges — and practise describing migration with accurate data and balanced language.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 100 min
  • Quiz: 10 questions
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Geography · Grade 7

Culture, Language and Regional Identity

Learners read culture in the landscape — signs, buildings, fields and food — then map how the world's roughly 7,000 languages and its major belief systems are distributed and how they spread through migration, trade, empire and technology. They finish by exploring regional identity: how mountains, oceans, history and language combine to give places such as Switzerland, Papua New Guinea and Polynesia their character.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 100 min
  • Quiz: 10 questions
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Geography · Grade 7

Food, Water and Economic Geography

Learners follow food from farm to plate to see how economies work: the four economic sectors and how jobs shift between them, the supply chain that turns cocoa beans in West Africa into chocolate bars elsewhere, and where the value is added along the way. They measure the hidden 'virtual water' in foods, then explain why countries trade and how a dry country can save water by importing food.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 100 min
  • Quiz: 10 questions
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Geography · Grade 7

World Regions and Their Connections

Learners tour the regions of the Western Hemisphere — Canada and the United States, Middle America and the Caribbean, and South America's Andes, Amazon and Southern Cone — and compare them with data. They then study the connections that tie regions together, from the Panama Canal and trade agreements to migration corridors, and analyse how a disruption in one place, such as a drought at the canal, ripples out to others.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 100 min
  • Quiz: 10 questions
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Geography · Grade 7

Hazards, Resilience and Environmental Change

Why do some earthquakes, cyclones and droughts become disasters while others do not? Learners explain where geophysical and weather hazards occur and why, examine how a warming climate is changing some of them, and use the idea that risk depends on the hazard, exposure and vulnerability. Comparing the Indian state of Odisha's cyclones of 1999 and 2013 shows how warnings and preparation save lives, and learners finish by designing a resilience plan for a coastal town.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 105 min
  • Quiz: 10 questions

Geography · Grade 7

Compare Geographic Claims with Data

'The biggest polluter', 'the most dangerous region', 'crime up 50%' — geographic claims are everywhere. Learners discover how the same data can tell different stories depending on whether we use totals or rates, how map design and class breaks change a map's message, and how graphs and maps can mislead. They finish by testing claims against data and writing a supported verdict.

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

Geography · Grade 7

Investigate a Global Place-Based Question

In this inquiry capstone, learners investigate one big question about a real place: how and why is Vietnam's Mekong Delta — home to about 17 million people and much of the country's rice — changing? They frame sub-questions at several scales, judge the reliability of sources, trace causes from local wells to dams in other countries and global sea-level rise, and communicate a conclusion with limitations. They then plan an inquiry of their own about a new place.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 110 min
  • Quiz: 10 questions