Down to Earth Geography, Grade 4

Help students become more geographically literate and better prepared for the global community. A variety of high-interest activities and reading passages help students develop skills in understanding the spatial world, place and regions, human systems, environment and society, and the uses of geography. A Mac/WinCD gives teachers the options of printing maps and activities as transparencies or as student reproducible pages. Each book features 18 units that focus on 18 National Geography Standards, including *How to use maps and other geographic representations *The physical and human characteristics of a place *The characteristics and spatial distribution of ecosystems on Earth's surface *The process, pattern, and functions of human settlement *How human actions modify the physical environment *How to apply geography to interpret the past