20 Atlanta Lesson Plans and Activities to Prepare for a Atlanta School Trip

How can I make a trip to Atlanta more educational?

Science, history, and economics are topics that can be explored on a trip to Atlanta.

Many of the sites that you will visit in have developed Atlanta lesson plans to further student engagement.  Incorporate a few of these lesson plans into your teaching prior to departure to add deeper meaning to your Atlanta school trip!

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Atlanta   Lesson   Plans

Fernbank Museum, Topics Include:

• A Walk Through Time in Georgia Scavenger Hunt: 7th Grade
• A Walk Through Time in Georgia Scavenger Hunt: High School Environmental Science
• A Walk Through Time in Georgia Scavenger Hunt: High School Biology

Georgia Aquarium, Lesson Plan Topics Include:

• Water Water, Everywhere
• What is a Watershed?
• An Estuary Field Study
• Chemically Testing for Water Quality

World of Coca-Cola, Lesson Plan Topics Include: 

• Social Studies, Grade 8
• Language Arts, Grade 8
• Green Guide, Grade 9
• Social Studies, Grade 9

Inside CNN® Studio tour Lesson Plan Topics Include: 

• Social Studies and Language Arts, Grade 7
• Social Studies and Language Arts, Grade 8
• World History, High School 
• Economics, High School 

Atlanta History Center Lesson Plan Topics Include:

• The Price of Freedom: Causes and Consequences of the Civil War
• In Their Moccasins: The Cherokee Journey of Change

Atlanta Cyclorama Activities Include: 

• Teacher Guide
• Scavenger Hunt (Grade 1-5)
• Scavenger Hunt (Grade 6-8)

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