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Authors: School Specialty Publishing
ISBN-13: 9780769681238, ISBN-10: 0769681239
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Frank Schaffer Publications
Date Published: February 2007
Edition: Updated

Author Biography: School Specialty Publishing

Book Synopsis

Our proven Spectrum Geography grade 3 workbook features 128 pages, focusing on five geographic themes including location, place, human/environmental interaction, movement, and regions. Recently updated to current national standards, including updated scope and sequence, along with updated events and maps. This workbook for children ages 8 to 9 strengthens geography knowledge and map-reading skills.

Geography skills include:

• Types of communities

• Landforms

• Oceans and rivers

• Environment

• Map skills

Our best-selling Spectrum Geography series features age-appropriate workbooks for grades 3 to 6. Developed with the latest standards-based teaching methods that provide targeted practice in geography fundamentals to ensure successful learning!

	Introduction to Geography
Lesson 1
	Our Planet Earth	2
	Using a Physical Map to Learn about Land and Water	4
	A Geography Game	6
Lesson 2
	Your Place in Space	8
	Making Mental Maps	10
	Your Place, Your Space	12
Lesson 3
	Making a Map	14
	Using Maps to Get Information	16
	Mapping a Message	18
	What Is a Community?
Lesson 4
	People Places	20
	Using a Map Compass	22
	Where Are You?	24
Lesson 5
	It's a Plan!	26
	Using a Grid to Locate Places	28
	Your Community: Was It Planned?	30
Lesson 6
	Four Fabulous Communities	32
	Using a Map to Locate Capital City Communities	34
	Your Community: What Are Its Features?	36
	Our Earlier Communities
Lesson 7
	Adventure to the New World	38
	Using a Historical Map to Get Information About the Past	40
	What Would You Do?	42
Lesson 8
	Our First Communities	44
	Using a Map to Show Land and People	46
	Digging for Clues	48
Lesson 9
	A Town Is Born: The Story of St. Augustine	50
	Using a Map Key to Identify Resources of an Area	52
	Your Community's Resources	54
	Types of Communities
Lesson 10
	Foods and Festivals	56
	Using a Map Key to Find Out Where Products Come From	58
	Come to the Fair	60
Lesson 11
	A City Comes to Life	62
	Using a Map and Chart to Find Out Where People Live	64
	Investigating a City	66
Lesson 12
	The 'Burbs	68
	Using a Map to Understand Geographical Terms	70
	Exploring a Suburb	72
	Community Connections
Lesson 13
	From Seed to Sandwich	74
	Using a Road Map to Get from Place to Place	76
	A Link to Other Cities	78
Lesson 14
	A Race for Life	80
	Using the Equator and Prime Meridian to Identify Hemispheres	82
	Community Connections	84
Lesson 15
	What's the Connection?	86
	Using a Map to Figure Travel Time	88
	Message Express!	90
	Communities Change
Lesson 16
	From "Ghost Town" to "Ski Town"	92
	Using a Map Scale to Figure Out Distance	94
	Your Community: Then and Now	96
Lesson 17
	Houston's Horizon	98
	Using a Map to Identify the Water Features of an Area	100
	Your Community's Land and Water	102
Lesson 18
	Islands of Fire and Rain	104
	Using Maps to Locate Places Using Directions	106
	Exploring Hawaii	108
	Almanac	110
	Glossary	134
	Index	138