Google Earth Tour Plan

For this virtual tour, I am sticking to second grade core curriculum, since that is the general age of students that I will be teaching. I will be doing:

Health education, 2nd grade
Standard 3: Students will develop an understanding of their environment
Objective 2c) Describe how weather affects people and animals

I thought this would be a fun virtual tour to do with second graders because the content is something that they can relate to. Most young students appreciate animals. By showing animals in different climates, and how their bodies are adapted to these climates, it allows the students to learn a lot about climates themselves. This shows how weather affects people and animals. The representation of this topic is going to help the students learn better because they will be able to see pictures of the different climates, combined with videos of the climates and animals interacting. This will help them make a visual connection to what they are reading and learning. I think this will be a very valuable tool, as well as engaging, to use in the classroom that the students will really enjoy.