This 6 page Lesson Plan contains the following 34 vocabulary words and definitions related to the Planet Earth Unit in Earth Science:
Oblate Spheroid, Lithosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere, Troposphere, Coordinate System, Equator, Latitude, Parallel, Longitude, Meridian, Prime Meridian, Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, Navigation, Altitude, Apparent Solar Time, Solar Noon, Mean Solar Day, Apparent Solar Day, Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), Field, Isoline, Isobar, Isotherm, Isosurface, Contour Line, Topographic (Contour) Map, Contour Interval, Topography, Gradient (Slope), Continental Margin, Continental Shelf, Continental Slope
This vocabulary lesson plan can be used as a transparency or handout to introduce or review unit vocabulary words. I usually have students look these words up on their own, and then we review them as a class.
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A PowerPoint Presentation and other resources on this topic can be purchased separately.
Planet Earth PowerPoint Presentation
Planet Earth Notes Outline
Planet Earth Homework
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