Lesson LEAFlet

Teaching/Learning Resources

Subject Area:  Geography

Grade Level: 9

Curriculum Integration: Geography and Science

Based on a Lesson created by Anne Hall from the Florida Geographic Allliance
"Trees Need More Than Love"

Lesson Objectives:

• The student will be able to locate the major climate zones of the United States.
• The student will be able to recognize the major factors in determining climate conditions.

Materials Required:
1.  Rand McNally map of the U.S. showing state symbols
2.  Climate zone map of the U.S.
3.  Vegatation zone map of the U.S.
4.  "Trees of North America: by C. Frank Brockman, Golden Press, New York
 
 
 

Lesson Outline:
1. Lecture on how and why states chose their trees.
2. On individual U.S. maps students will write the state tree names on each state using the large map.
3. Using a Reference Guide, the students will label the conifers on their maps.
4.  The students will compare their maps with one another.
5.  Class will discuss the patterns found in the location region of the conifers.
6.  Class will compare their findings with the climate and vegetation maps of the United States.
 
 

Extension Activities:
1.  The students can compare their findings with their own particular state.
2.  The students can research the different types of trees found in their state.

Submitted by:   Meghan Heil
 

For:
Lake Erie Arboretum at Frontier Park

Send plans to:

Dr. Charles Elliott, Director
       Educational Technology
       Gannon University
       109 University Square
       Erie, PA   16541