Day 1, Friday:

Note: Assuming this is a classroom

where students have a main
homeroom teacher, the lessons for
this unit will be taught before lunch.
The time of day in which Day 9,
Wednesday occurs may differ if the
mystery classroom is in a different

Where in the World

Are You? Unit Overview

Day 2, Monday:

Day 3, Tuesday:

-40 minutes
-6 G1.2.1, 6-G1.2.5, 6G1.2.6 (Social Studies)
-Major landforms, and rivers,
of the western hemisphere
-Possible questions we could
ask during the mystery skype
challenge based on
information from this lesson
(Skype, 2015).

-70 minutes
-MS-ESS2-6, 6-G1.2.6
(Science and Social Studies)
- Oceanic circulation and
regional climates
-Possible questions we could
ask during the Mystery Skype
challenge based on
information from this lesson

Materials needed: attached

Power Point, objects
from/representing major
landforms, Western
Hemisphere map, Self Check
Sheet, Self Check Sheet
Answer Key, Class List for
Satellite Maps Teacher
Checkpoint sheet, white
board markers, scissors,
blank sheets of white paper,
iPads/laptops, The Complete
School Atlas (The complete

Day 7, Monday:
-40 minutes
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.RP.A.3
, 6-G1.2.6 (Math and Social
Studies)
-Ratio reasoning
-Distance scales on maps
-Possible questions we could
ask during the mystery skype
challenge based on
information from this lesson

Materials needed: Basic

Map Skills Book Handouts
(pp. 16-18) (Graham &
Thomas, 1990), Guided
Reading Handout, Day 7

Materials needed: Brads,

construction paper, scissors,
crayons or colored pencils, 3
tin can lids, desk lamp, putty,
flashlight, globe, Day 3
Objective Sheet, Earth-Sun
Model Scoring Guide,
Describing Seasons Questions
Guide, sticky notes, projector
and computer, iPads or
laptops, Seasons Review
Worksheet (Hill, n.d. a),
Seasons Review Worksheet
Key (Hill, n.d. b)

Day 8, Tuesday:
-70 minutes
-6-G1.2.6 (Social Studies)
-Mystery Skype preparation
day
-Putting all the pieces
together
-Choosing our questions
-Recalling characteristics of
our place

Materials needed: sticky

notes from all the previous
lessons, large poster paper,
projector, sticky notes, 3
Important Questions Sheet, 3
Important Questions Sheet
Scoring Guide

Day 4,
Wednesday:
-65 minutes
- MS-ESS1-1, 6-G1.2.6
(Science and Social Studies)
- Earth-sun models
-Seasons
-Possible questions we could
ask during the mystery skype
challenge based on
information from this lesson

Day 6, Friday:

-80 minutes
-6 G2.1.1, -6-G1.2.5, 6G1.2.6 (Social Studies)
-Describing climates of the
Western Hemisphere
-Possible questions we could
ask during the mystery skype
challenge based on
information from this lesson

-45 minutes
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.RP.A.3
, 6-G1.2.6 (Math and Social
Studies)
-Ratio reasoning
-Scaled drawing of our
classroom
-Possible questions we could
ask during the mystery skype
challenge based on
information from this lesson

Materials needed: laptop,

food coloring, water, fan,
marbles or beads, tub/tank of
water with divider,
iPads/laptops, Day 4
Objective Sheet, Describing
Currents Sheet, Describing
Currents Answer Key, Ocean
Currents Stations Handout,
Ocean Currents Stations
Handout Teacher Key

Day 9,
Wednesday:

Day 10,
Thursday:

Materials needed:
computer with webcam,
Skype downloaded to
computer, projector, Mystery
Skype Scoring Guide, My
Guess Worksheet, Objectives
Ranking Sheet, Objective

Materials needed: Google

Earth, projector/computer,
iPads/laptops, large poster
paper, markers, egg timer
(Egg timer, n.d.), Individual
Practice Sheets, sticky notes,

Day 5, Thursday:

Materials needed:
Weather Song-What is
Climate? YouTube video
(Vektorgt, 2010), Day 5
Objectives Sheet, iPads or
laptops, projector, sticky
notes, Show What You Know:
Climates Worksheet, Show
What You Know: Climates
Worksheet Answer Key, MiniPresentation Rubric,
Presentation Preparation
Teacher Check and Partner
Climate Matching Game
Formal Formative Assessment

-95 minutes
-All expectations being used
-Culminating activity: Mystery
Skype challenge
-Using geographical inquiry
skills in a real world situation
-Review for summative
assessment

Introduction Day:
-45 minutes
-6-G1.2.5 (Social Studies)
-Essential questions
-Our goal for the unit/how we
will get there
-Review and explore maps,
Google Earth, Google Maps,
etc.

Materials needed:
projector, white board,
document camera,
rulers/yard sticks, scissors,
newspaper comics, Spring
Arbor University Journal
(Bauman, et al., 2015), Day 6
Objective Sheet, Our
Classroom Drawn to Scale
Worksheet, Our Classroom
Drawn to Scale Scoring
Guide, Try it On Your Own

-70 minutes
-All objectives being used
-Written summative
assessment
-Reflecting on the mystery
classrooms place
-Reflecting on our unit and
revisiting essential questions

Materials needed:
iPads/laptops, Summative
Assessment, projector, big
poster papers from
Introductory Lesson (Day 1),
markers, egg timer