If your third grader has to write a report about landforms, try these websites (check here for updates to list):
- About Rivers www.42explore.com/rivers.htm
- Biomes/Habitats http://www.allaboutnature.com/biomes/
- Deserts http://www.42explore.com/deserts.htm
- Explore the Colorado http://www.desertusa.com/colorado/explorriver/du_explorrv.html
- Geography Activities—for teachers www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/
- Geography Game—Geospy kids.nationalgeographic.com/Games/GeographyGames/Geospy
- Geography Quiz Game www.quia.com/pop/114591.html
- Geography Reading Problems www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/reading.cfm?str=reading&num=8&act=4&que=1
- GeoNet Game www.eduplace.com/geonet/
- Labeling Maps www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=LabelMaps
- Landforms make a greeting www.geogreeting.com/main.html
- Landforms www.edu.pe.ca/southernkings/landforms.htm
- Landforms—matching games, etc. www.quia.com/jg/29.html
- Los Angeles River Tour http://www.lalc.k12.ca.us/target/units/river/tour/index.html
- Map skills www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/reading.cfm?str=reading&num=8&act=3&que=1
- Mapping Game www.sheppardsoftware.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_500.html
- Rivers Seen from Space http://www.athenapub.com/rivers1.htm
- The Colorado River http://www.desertusa.com/gc/gcd/du_glencaydam.html
- What’s on a Map www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/reading.cfm?str=reading&num=8&act=2&que=1
- Zambezi River Tour http://www.on-the-matrix.com/africa/zambezi.asp
Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum, K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, Master Teacher, webmaster for four blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice, CSTA presentation reviewer, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, contributor to NEA Today, and author of the tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.
