Geography
REsources for all
Explore Beaches: Animals, plants, climate, best practices and more from University of California Santa Barbara.
California Beaches: lists and visuals for research.
California Coastal Commission: list of programs, activities, and a lending library at
Surfing the California Coast: video on the environment and technology surrounding surfing in California.
Landforms by Crash Course Kids: colorful animated video from a quality education content company Complexly.
National Geographic for Kids: facts, pictures, and videos for students by a quality company.
Interactive California Map: https://mrnussbaum.com/california-interactive-map
Faultline: Seismic Science from the Epicenter: from the Exploratorium museum includes photos, videos, and activities.
California Landmarks: some landmarks are state parks (https://www.parks.ca.gov/) or part of the national park system (https://www.nps.gov/index.htm)
RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS
Lesson Plans and Activities
STEM Unit: The Effect of Humans on Our Environment. This lesson plan was created by the Education and the Environment Initiative. Download the pdf lesson plan at the calrecycle link.
San Jose Area Geography includes two advertisement videos and discussion questions for application.
A Day in the Life... activity about photographing and analyzing the San Francisco area.
California Maps and Activities from Mr. Nussbaum Learning and More.
Plan a real or virtual trip along the Pacific Crest Trail.
Explore Faultline: Seismic Science from the Epicenter from the Exploratorium museum resources that include activities, photos, and more.
Teacher Resources from the La Brea Tar Pits museum including a virtual field trip.
Cavern Tours from Cave & Mine Adventures site is maintained by the Sierra Nevada Recreation Corporation, but it includes lesson plans and activities on Cavern Geology, Cavern Life, and People & Caverns. The unit on people includes some historical information about California Cavern and Moaning Cavern.
California Regions Project helps you create a road trip across California with a budget of $1000.
Create a California Relief Map with salt flour from this fellow educators step by step guide.
Integrate Tech Tools
Use Google Earth or Google Tour Builder to zoom in to view regions and landmarks
Annotate a map of California with their ongoing notes about geographic features with an app such as ThingLink.