Geographical Features of Our Region

Subject Matter: Social Science

Grade Level: 3

Lesson Objective:

Learners will demonstrate an understanding of  geographical features of their local region.

Common Core State Standard and/or Academic Content Standard:

History–Social Science Content Standards for California Public Schools Grade 3 Continuity and Change.

Standard 3.1  “Students describe the physical and human geography and use maps, tables, graphs, photographs, and charts to organize information about people, places, and environments in a spatial context.”

1. “Identify geographical features in their local region (e.g., deserts, mountains, valleys, hills, coastal areas, oceans, lakes).”

Technology Standard: NETS for Students:  

ISTE Student Standard 3c.“Students curate information from digital resources using a variety of tools and methods to create collections of artifacts that demonstrate meaningful connections or conclusions.”

Use the following resources to help you answer the questions for your online information scavenger hunt:  

1. https://www.destinationlancasterca.org/plan-your-trip/geography-climate/

2. http://celosangeles.ucanr.edu/Agriculture/High_Desert_Climate/

3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaZKEc59g1w

Essential Question:

1.  How does geography of our local region impact how people live?

Subsidiary Questions:

2. What is the climate of Lancaster?

3. What dictates the weather patterns of the Antelope Valley?

4. What is the lowest recorded temperature in Lancaster?

5. What is the highest recorded temperature in Lancaster?

6. What is necessary for cultivated crops in the High Desert?

7. What kind of vegetation grows in the High Desert?

8. Why do some people who live in the desert where loose clothing?

9. When are people who live in hot deserts most likely to go outside?

10. What is it called when a living being only goes out in the morning or at night?