Getting to Know Utah
In this Nearpod VR States lesson, students explore what makes Utah unique. They investigate Utah’s defining characteristics, including: its geography, history, landmarks, industry, and culture.

This is a great Nearpod on getting to know Utah. I used this in migrant summer school this year, I taught 6th grade and my students learned a great deal about the state they live in. They really found it to be useful and informative.

Our earth has so many different intersting facts about land formations and the impact of those landforms on our communities. Students will practice identifying different landforms and focus on one landform through a Native American story - "The Legend of the Sleeping Ute: A Ute Mountain Ute Tale"The Ute Mountain Ute people are one of three Ute tribes living in southeastern Utah and southwestern Colorado. The Ute Mountain Ute tribal headquarters are located at Towaoc, Colorado.

In this geography activity, students will review their understanding of map skills using Nearpod's interactive quiz game, Time to Climb.

This lesson meets the 2nd Grade Utah Core Social Studies Standard 3, Objective1: Identify common symbols and physical features of a community, and explain how they affect people's activities in that areaStudents will learn about things that affect their community like traffic signs and symbols, topographical features and manmade features like roads and homes. They will create a digital story to tell their classmates what they enjoy doing in their community and local environment. It is about 45-60 minutes, probably best broken up over several days, and should be completed during class.