The Earth and its Effects; Geography Grades 6-8, FLEX
This 4-week course covers all the standards for middle school Geography.
Big Brain Academy
Average rating:
4.8
Number of reviews:(348)
What's included
Class Experience
US Grade 6 - 8
My social studies classes are highly interactive. I use a variety of games, online activities, and online exploration for students to discover and learn. Students will use Google Slides, Google Earth, and many other online virtual online resources. I believe that kids (and adults!) learn through doing and seeing. Interaction with classmates and myself is through Google Slides, the Outschool Classroom, Nearpod, Flipgrid, and Jamboard. Week 1: -----Learn the 5 Themes of Geography (Location, Place, Human-Environment Interaction, Movement, and Region) -----Use the 5 themes of Geography to describe where you live -----Plan a mystery trip using Google Earth (Location) -----Identify various landforms in Google Earth and compete in a scavenger hunt (Place) -----Discover various homes in the world using Google Earth and how those that live in them adapt to their physical and cultural environments (Human-Environment Interaction/Place) Week 2: -----Discover how the Erie Canal affected the future of America (Movement/Human-Environment Interaction) -----Identify how humans affect rivers and rivers affect the way humans live (Human-Environment Interaction) -----Work in groups to make decisions about where to build settlements in hypothetical places, considering locational factors in the decision-making on Nearpod (Place/Region) -----Using Map Maker Interactive, consider their own towns and why do they think those towns were settled where they were (Place) Week 3: -----Explore various National Parks and examine their unique landforms (Place) -----Create an advertisement for visitors for National Park and present this advertisement to the group (Place) -----Learn how to read latitude and longitude down to minutes and seconds (Location) -----Using Google Earth, play 20 Questions to find the mystery location (Location) Week 4: -----Consider the clothes inside our closet and how the world in interconnected (Movement) -----Examine the Geography of a Pencil (Movement) -----Ask the question "How Cultural Aware Are You?" while becoming more aware of their own and others' cultures (Place)
Learning Goals
D2.Geo.1.6-8. Construct maps to represent and explain the spatial patterns of cultural and environmental characteristics.
D2.Geo.2.6-8. Use maps, satellite images, photographs, and other representations to explain relationships between the locations of places and regions, and changes in their environmental characteristics.
D2.Geo.3.6-8. Use paper based and electronic mapping and graphing techniques to represent and analyze spatial patterns of different environmental and cultural characteristics.
D2.Geo.4.6-8. Explain how cultural patterns and economic decisions influence environments and the daily lives of people in both nearby and distant places.
D2.Geo.5.6-8. Analyze the combinations of cultural and environmental characteristics that make places both similar to and different from other places.
D2.Geo.6.6-8. Explain how the physical and human characteristics of places and regions are connected to human identities and cultures.
D2.Geo.7.6-8. Explain how changes in transportation and communication technology influence the spatial connections among human settlements and affect the diffusion of ideas and cultural practices.
D2.Geo.8.6-8. Analyze how relationships between humans and environments extend or contract spatial patterns of settlement and
movement.
D2.Geo.9.6-8. Evaluate the influences of long-term human-induced environmental change on spatial patterns of conflict and cooperation.
D2.Geo.10.6-8. Analyze the ways in which cultural and environmental characteristics vary among various regions of the world.
D2.Geo.11.6-8. Explain how the relationship between the environmental characteristics of places and production of goods influences the spatial patterns of world trade.
D2.Geo.12.6-8. Explain how global changes in population distribution patterns affect changes in land use in particular places.
Other Details
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined May, 2020
4.8
348reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
We are so excited to share with our students the things we are passionate about. Our classes include:
*social studies
*math concepts
*language arts
*project based instruction
*unique history and biographies
*circle times
*civics
TEACHERS:
Kristina Rinard (Owner)
I was an elementary school teacher for 8 years and a vice principal for 5 (I promise I won't give you my principal look). Since then, I get to share my love for education with preservice teachers as an adjunct professor at the university level. Teaching Certificates include Elementary Education, Cross-Categorical Special Education, Social Studies, Language Arts, and Google Certified Level 1. My degrees include a Bachelors in Elementary Education/Special Education from Northwest Missouri State, a Masters in Teaching from Webster University, and a Specialist Degree in School Administration from Northwest Missouri State.
Mike Rinard (Civics)
Erin Rynard (Classes for ages 3-8)
Reagan Burgess (Cheerleading)
TEACHING PHILOSOPHY:
We believe that students learn through personal action. Though we frequently use standards to guide instruction, we work to make our classrooms student-centered. Our classes often feature games and investigative activities.
Students of all backgrounds and learning abilities are welcome in our classrooms. If there is an accommodation you'd like us to make for your child, please reach out. Our classrooms are safe spaces.
INFORMATION:
We'd be happy to set up a private section for homeschool pods or groups of students wanting to create a consistent experience together. Just shoot us a message and we will work something out!Reviews
Live Group Class
$13
weekly or $50 for 4 weeks4 weeks
Completed by 2 learners
No live video meetings
Ages: 11-14
