Subject: Social Science/Language Arts/Math
Topic: Points of Interest in Northern California
Grade Level: Third
Vacations In Northern California

                  1.Identify geographical features in their local region (e.g., deserts, mountains, valleys, hills, coastal areas, oceans, lakes). 
                  2.Trace the ways in which people have used the resources of the local region and modified the physical environment (e.g., a dam constructed upstream changed a river or coastline). 
 

Third Grade
Geography
National and State Parks, Natural Resources
Burney Falls, Mt. Shasta, Sacramento River, Shasta Park, Shasta Dam, Lassen Park, Shasta Caverns, Castle Crags Park
 

Instructional Objectives
    Students will explore various sites on the internet
     to gather information about places visited in
     Northern California by many people from all over
     the United States.
 

     Students will become familiar with the highways
     that connect many places of interest in Northern
     California.
 

Student Activities
 

Introductory Activity
Students will be given a map showing the counties in Northern, CA where the places they will be visiting on the internet are located.   Students will then travel to the locations using the internet.

Enabling Activity(ies)
Students will use their county maps in conjunction with internet travel to  learn the roadways they will travel to their destinations.   Once at their destination students will collect information using questions from 5 X 8 cards, such as  where it is located, miles from Redding, what fun things can be done there, etc.

Culminating Activity
Using the information gathered, the students will then create a brochure outlining the reasons to vacation in Northern California.
 

Assessment
Insert your grading rubric for the culminating activity or a link to your rubric or test document file.

Results
After implementing your lesson (sometime between January & March), insert a chart of your pre-test, post-test, and culminating assessment data.
 

Web Resources & Supplementary Materials

Introductory Activity
http://www.burnyfalls.com/pages (Burney Falls)
http://www.swparks.com/us/travel (Castle Crags State Park)
http://www.nsp.gov/lavo/ (Lassen Mt.)
http://www.sierrawilderness.com/ (Mt. Shasta)
http://www.caohwy.com/s/sactoriv (Sacramento River)
http://www.caladventures.com/Sha (Shasta Caverns)
http://www.usbr.gov/cdams/dams/s (Shasta Dam)
http://parks.ca.gov/DISTRICTS/no (Shasta Park)

Enabling Activity
Same as above.

Culminating Activity
Same as above

School Name: Bass Elementary 
School Location: 
Your Name and e-mail address: Larry L. Fleming love2huntfish@aol.com
Last Revised:7/21/2000 (insert and update last revision date every time you work on this page)