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Students will analyze examples and non-examples to deduce the topic: Capital Cities.
First, students get a set of items categorized in two groups.
Students decide the correct group for three mystery items and discuss their choices with friends before the final reveal.
Finally, I reveal the topic: each example is a capital city.
Students will analyze examples and non-examples to deduce the topic: Countries vs Smaller Regions.
First, students get a set of items categorized in two groups.
Students decide where to categorize three new mystery items into groups A and B based on their own reasoning.
Finally, I reveal the topic: Countries vs Smaller Regions.
Students will research and analyze four nations in Africa, finding at least one reason why each one is not like the others.
Research Liberia, Libya, Ethiopia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo and explain why each nation is unique.
Students identify unique features of each African nation, including languages, history, and geographical characteristics, highlighting their differences.
Students will analyze examples and non-examples to deduce the topic of archipelagos.
First, students get a set of examples and non-examples to analyze.
Students decide if three given items are examples or non-examples and compare their answers with friends before the next video.
Finally, I reveal the topic.
Students will analyze graphs showing how three countries’ populations have aged over 70 years.
First, students notice changes in the age of the United States’ population from 1950 to 2020.
Next, they look at the US, Japan, and Afghanistan’s age graphs together, finding similarities and differences.
Students analyze the unique age distributions of different countries and brainstorm business ideas to meet their specific needs.
Students will compare the population of a country with that country’s total Olympic medal count and look for patterns.
Students pick 5 to 7 countries and look up the populations and counts.
Next, they calculate medals per million for each country.
Students create a bar graph to display the medals per million for various countries and identify patterns in the data.
Students will create and analyze a graph showing countries’ winter and summer Olympic medals.
Students choose several countries and predict which will perform better in summer or winter Olympic events.
Next, they find the summer and winter medal totals for each country.
Then, they create a graph and plot each country using the medal data as coordinates.
Finally, they check their predictions and then give each country an award based on their medal counts.
Students will research and analyze four microstates in Europe, finding at least one reason why each one is not like the others.
Research four European microstates and explain why each one is unique.
Students identify unique features of each European microstate, such as millionaires in Monaco and theocracy in Vatican City.
Students will analyze four US states and decide why each one is not like the others.
Research Washington, California, Florida, and Rhode Island and explain why each state is unique.
Students identify unique qualities of each state to understand how they differ from one another.
Students will analyze four mountains and determine why each is unique.
Research four mountains and explain why each one is unique.
Students identify unique features of various mountains, discussing their differences and interesting facts that set them apart.
This is probably the oldest desert on Earth. That river is its border.
Students will come up with at least one reason why each of these four countries (the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia) is not like the others.
Research the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia and explain why each country is unique.