Students will create their own public service announcement to educate and persuade citizens about the benefits of saving the rain forest.

Create a 3 dimensional map of prominent landforms in the United States and Canada. Students must use a variety of objects such as yarn, dried beans, pasta, peas, peanuts etc. to create the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, Gulf of Mexico, the five Great Lakes, Rocky and Appalachian Mountain ranges, the Great Plains, Gulf-Atlantic Coastal Plains, Mississippi, St Lawrence, Missouri, Mackenzie, Yukon Rivers, Mt Ranier, Mt Whitney, Mt McKinley, and Mt Washington. The map must include a 3 dimensional compass rose, title, and legend.

Create a room in your house the way you want it to be. Must use a variety of polygons, area forumla, creative (2 and/or 3 dimensional), and accurate calculations.

Report on state capitals

This will be used to analyze and assign grades for Mapping assignments.

Writing assignment rubric.

Complete a report on any state except Georgia. Report must be a minimum of 5 pages and include information about the following elements: government, history, culture, economy, important events, festivals, tourism, and any other information you feel appropriate.

You will choose 3 countries to visit. You have a budget of $6,000 and 2 weeks. Remember to plan so that you can learn about the country's history and still have fun.

Create a map of your neighborhood highlighting five geographic principles.

This is the items you will be graded on for your information, brochure, and selling your vacation to the class.

Students will label countries, cities, rivers/bodies of water, and mountains and will color the map using five colors.

Congratulations you have been chosen for the Central Intelligence Agency's Pilot-In-Training program. In order for you to graduate you must first complete the following mission. You must plot a trip across the United States traversing a variety of landforms.

STUDENTS WILL MAKE A MAP OF A REGION INCLUDING COUNTRY, IMPORTANT CITIES, RIVERS, CAPITALS, POPULATION, LANGUAGE, RELIGION, TYPE OF GOVERNMENT, and CLIMATE

This rubric is used to assess student's PowerPoint presentations on the national parks of the United States and Canada

Students will be judged based on their research on the geography of China and on their power point presenting what they have learned.

This project is designed to give the students an in-depth look at one of the cultural areas of Central America.

TAVEL DETAILS OF A FOREIGN COUNTRY

Students will create a flag based on the country or state they choose. They will write one paragraph on the back with 3-5 key facts.

Students will have 20 minutes to create a map. It will show how to get to their home from school or how to get to the library from the classroom. It will use at least 3 reference symbols and a compass as well as a legend that describes what the symbols on the map represent.