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Climate Zones and Weather Patterns Across the United States
Compare tropical, arid, temperate, and continental climate zones across the regions of the United States.
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Physical Geography and Landforms of the United States
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Explore the major mountain ranges, water systems, landforms, and climate zones across the United States while learning to analyze and create thematic maps.
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Learning standards covered
SS.4.8West Virginia Social Studies Standards · All agesDescribe and locate examples of the major physical features of the United States (e.g., bodies of water, mountains, rivers, grasslands, oases, etc.) using references and technology (e.g., atlas, globe, geographic information system, etc.).
SS.4.9West Virginia Social Studies Standards · All agesDocument the effects of and explain how people adapted to geographic factors (e.g., climate, mountains, bodies of water, etc.) on the following: • transportation routes; • settlement patterns and population density; • culture (e.g., jobs, food, clothing, shelter, religion, government, etc.); and • interactions with others (locally and nationally)