COLORADOGEOGRAPHY

Fourth Grade

Four Class Periods: 1 hour each

COLORADO STANDARDS

·Develop spatial understanding, perspectives, and personal connections to the world.Concepts and Skills students Master·Use several types of geographic tools to answer questions about the geography of Colorado.Students Can:·Answer questions about Colorado regions using maps and other geographic tools.

·Use geographic grids to locate places on maps and images to answer questions.

·Create and investigate geographic questions about Colorado in relation to other places.

·Illustrate, using geographic tools, how places in Colorado have changed and developed over time due to human activity.

·Describe similarities and differences between the physical geography of Colorado and its neighboring states.

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What we know about Colorado

What we want to knowabout Colorado

Questions we haveabout Colorado

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North America

North America has many states, 50 to be exact

The small square represents Colorado.

Can we give examples of similarities between Colorado and the rest of North America??

What are some differences and similarities about North America and Colorado. In Venn Diagram

COLORADO BIOMES

Tundra

Coniferous Forest

Grassland

Deciduous Forest

Desert

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Animal of the Tundra

Animals of the prairie

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Animals of the Prairie Biome

Animals of the Biomes!Animals of the Biomes!!

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PullAnimals of the Desert Biome

Animals of the Biomes!!

Colorado Biome Activity

Directions: Create a diorama of a biome of your choice includingan animal(s) of that biome and the define the characteristicsof that biome.

Objectives: Students will be able to know and understand each biome and give examples of each. Where each

biome is located within Colorado and if they affecteach other.

Presentations: After you have finished your diorama, give a 3-5minute presentation of the biome that you

chose.