Geographic Alliance of Iowa

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Five Themes with TravelByDrone.Com

Created for seventh grade students by Danny Kirst, Five Themes with TravelByDrone.com asks students to travel the world in context of the five themes of goegraphy. Using unique and current forms of technology, students will receive a birds eye view any place across the world through which they will glean information to share with their classmates.

Discipline/Subject

World Geography

Human Geography

Physical Geography

Theme

Landforms

Population

GIS/GPS/Remote Sensing

Cartography/Maps

Five Themes of Geography

Location

Place

Human-Environment Interaction

Movement

Region

National Geographic Standards

1. How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective

4. The physical and human characteristics of places

8. The characteristics and spatial distribution of ecosystems on Earth's surface

Iowa Core Social Studies Standards

GE 1. Understand the use of geographic tools to locate and analyze information about people, places, and environments

GE 2. Understand how geographic and human characteristics create culture and define regions