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After students have learned about the different climate zones, use this fun project to reinforce their learning! Students will become travel agents in charge of creating a travel brochure to a destination of your or their choice. They will have to research the climate zone of this particular destination and then present their findings in their travel brochure. This is a great resource to ensure that your students understand the different climate zones and you can differentiate as needed by as

While reading The Call of the Wild, integrate science curricula by incorporating adaptations and the concept of "survival of the fittest". After re-teaching adaptations, I assign this mini-project to help students explore the adaptations that help sled dogs survive and help them to be successful at their job. This mini-assignment lists general adaptations about sled-dogs, then instructs students to pick a breed of sled dog, research further adaptations unique to that breed, and then display the

This is an activity I use for Call of the Wild but this could be changed and adapted to be used for any set of vocabulary words. This menu includes "Appetizers", a "Main Course", and "Dessert". These three categories correspond with Bloom's taxonomy levels and build as the student makes their way through the "meal". I have also included a a link to the slide that I project for when the students enter the room (make a copy to edit and make it your own!). I am super cheesy when introducing

Hands-on notes for learning what a cartographers does and the tools necessary for their work. Students record the definition for "Cartographer", "Globe", "Map", "Map Scale", and "Compass Rose". Students also get to color a picture of themselves as a cartographer to emphasize the idea that they can use all the tools of a cartographer and even be a cartographer themselves. Have students cut the boxes out from page 2, fold on the line, place glue above the fold, and glue over the lines on the pa