GAI Lesson Plans – Grades 3-5
This sub-collection is part of a larger Geographic Alliance of Iowa (GAI) lesson plans project, which is part of the UNI Open Educational Resources (OER) collection.
Submissions from 2012
Field Walk to the Lake Mills Country School, Julie Aamodt
Native Americans, Leah Allen
GPS Navigation Activity, Carmen Besler, Jayne Meyer, Jodi Russell, and Marlene Weber
Culture in Our Community, Carmen Besler, Tammy Van Cleve, Molly Baumhover, and Amy Steffensmeier
Lake Mills O.S.A.E. Land Mark and Business Field Walk, Angie Boehmer
Cultural Environment: Native American Peoples in North America, Erin Boydston
Lewis and Clark Timeline, Lynn Brigham
Marshalltown, IA Landmarks Past and Present, Jill Brockman
Intro to Longitude and Latitude, Connie Burns
Comparing and Contrasting Water in the United States and Nigeria, Kim Daughetee and Anne Hoeper
The Thirteen Colonies, Mike Dugger
United States Landforms, Lara Earnest
Gandhi's Story, Mary Sue Ellinger
Let the River Run, Catharine Freeman
Geography and Government, Michelle Griffen
Fun with Longitude and Latitude, Angela Groene
Tracking Flat Stanley, Jennifer Hardee
Outstanding Fields of Corn, Andrea Liljegren
Mapping World News, Beth Miller
Good Apples, Phyllis Nuehring
The Movement of Iowa's State Capitol, Eric Pettit
Southeast: A Region of Cultural Diversity, Deloris Ryan
Gunga Din: Using Literature to Understand India's Colonial Past, Kathy Sundstedt
Urban/Suburban/Rural Communities, Maegan Swick
Highland OSAE: Observation, Speculation, Analysis, Evaluation, Carrie Taylor
How ‘Bout Them Hawks!, Julie Tremmel
Iowa History: Cemeteries, Deb Tulley
Mapping History, Linda Vanden Bosch
Nasir, a Bangladesh Driver, Jane Watson
Plastic Bags Contest - Bangladesh vs. USA, Jane Watson
Here Today... Here Tomorrow???: Biodegradable Experiment, Kristi Watson
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt: The Real Story, Dr. Kay Weller
Developing a Sense of Place Through India's Diversity: Using a Structured Discussion and Role-Play, Kay Weller
Getting Familiar with Mapping, Susan Wernimont, Jayne Meyer, Carl Meyers, and Beth Jarding
Continent Comparisons with Research Tools, Todd Wernimont
