The Color Run Project | Geographic Alliance of Iowa

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This lesson was created by Rachel Hansen (Muscatine School District) for students from ninth to twelfth grade. This lesson plan allows students to apply their knowledge of the five themes of geography to an authentic project involving the 5K Color Run and to use Google Earth to demonstrate their geography skills.

Discipline/Subject

Human Geography

Sociology

Computers/Technology

Theme

Cartography/Maps

Cultural/Social

21st Century Universal Constructs

Critical Thinking

Complex Communication

Creativity

Collaboration

Productivity and Accountability

Region

United States

North America

Australia/Oceania

Five Themes of Geography

Location

Place

Human-Environment Interaction

Movement

Region

Common Core Standards

Writing Standards (W)

Speaking and Listening Standards (SL)

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

3. How to analyze the spatial organization of people, places, and environments on Earth's surface

4. The physical and human characteristics of places

6. How culture and experience influence people's perceptions of places and regions

18. How to apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future

Iowa Core Social Studies Standards

BS 2. Understand the influences on individual and group behavior and group decision making

BS 3. Understand the appropriate research procedures and skills of the behavioral scientist

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

GE 2. Understand how physical and human characteristics create and define regions

GE 7. Understand how cultural factors influence the design of human communities