Grade 7 Geography Strand A Ontario Curriculum
In this Grade 7 Geography Strand A resource, teachers are provided with 21 in-depth lessons to help their students explore and understand physical patterns in a changing world. Topics covered are landforms, water systems, vegetation regions, climate regions, and challenges presented by the physical environment. This resource contains individual PDFs of student pages to assist with online learning, e.g., Google Classroom.
Curriculum Alignment: Ontario Social Studies Curriculum 2018 Grade 7 Strand A.
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Notes:
- Regular and reliable internet is required for this Grade 7 Geography Strand A unit.
- Research is not included for inquiry stations. Students must gather the research themselves from a textbook, non-fiction books, or online sources.
Grade 7 Geography Strand A – Included Lessons:
- Why Study Geography? (As/For Learning)
- Mapping Skills Review (For Learning)
- Map of Canada Assignment (Of Learning)
- What is Geography? (For/As Learning)
- World Map Assignment (Of Learning)
- Physical Characteristics of Landforms (As Learning)
- Changes to Landforms (As Learning)
- Landforms Quiz (Of Learning)
- Land Reclamation Assignment (As/Of Learning)
- Physical Characteristics of Water Systems (As Learning)
- Changes to Water Systems (As Learning)
- Characteristics of Climate Regions (As Learning)
- Changes to Climate Regions (As Learning)
- Climate Graph Creation Assignment (Of Learning)
- Natural Vegetation Regions (As Learning)
- Changes to Natural Vegetation Regions (As Learning)
- Invasive Species Assignment (Of Learning)
- Challenges and Opportunities Presented by Physical Environments (As Learning)
- Group Scenario Learning (As Learning)
- Natural Events Inquiry Stations (As/Of Learning)
- Unit Test (Of Learning)
This Grade 7 Geography Strand A Unit Includes:
- Detailed unit plan
- Lessons are divided up with title pages for easy access
- 16 different lessons
- Lots of variety and student choice on assignments
- Detailed teacher and student directions
- Q Chart to help students formulate good questions
- Inquiry-based learning
- Inquiry stations research folder cover pages
- Inquiry station cards with detailed instructions
- Inquiry station graphic organizers to help students with their research
- Oral presentation assessment rubric
- geographic content assessment rubric
- Writing assessment rubric
- Variety of assessment formats (inquiry, assignments, quiz, and test)
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