HW for Wednesday, 2/15

Be prepared to present your country!





Finish your PowerPoint.

Do the 2 Current Event Summaries and include those in your PowerPoint.

Be prepared to present your project (language, music, food, etc).

For Dawn

http://www.timeforkids.com/news/haiti-one-year-later/11531

http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2012/01/12/hope-for-haiti-progress-in-broken-shoes/

For Robert

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/03/pictures/110330-new-dinosaur-crocodile-cousin-brazil/

http://www.timeforkids.com/news/brazils-first-woman-leader/10906

HW for Tuesday, 2/14

1) Finish Powerpoint

2) Complete 1 current event summary (see the articles I've posted on the blog for you!)

3) Which project are you going to do on Thursday?

HW for Monday, 2/13

FInish the Xpeditions worksheet.  You DO NOT have to answer the 3 questions under "Products Map".

For Yann

http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/togo-the-kids-from-the-grand-market-in-lom
http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23444:togolese-navy-thwarts-pirate-attack&catid=51:Sea&Itemid=106

music
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/ontheline/explore/journey/togo/music.htm

For Jackson

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/stories/peopleplaces/cascajalblock/
http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3756506

For Shavar

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/stories/spacescience/giantpandaraisetwins/
http://www.timeforkids.com/news/visitor-china/11721

For Richard

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/travelnews/2011/12/111215-tsunami-debris-field-travel-science/
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/travelnews/2011/11/111128-worlds-tallest-tower-tokyo-travel/?source=newstravel_news_carousel

music:
http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/culture/q3.html
http://www.makingmusicprayingtwice.com/kids-activities/folk-music-japan

Daily Warm Up for Friday, 2/9

Quiz your noodle about Mount Everest:

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/games/geographygames/quizyournoodle-mount-everest/

Then play any of the other games on the National Geographic site  . . .

Daily Warm Up for Th, 2/9

Try these games:
http://www.maps.com/games/quiz-asia.aspx
http://www.maps.com/games/seasia.aspx

HW for Wednesday, 2/8

Complete a Current Event Summary for one of the Asia articles below:

Javan Rhino Extinct in Mainland Asia
Blind, Legless Lizard Discovered in Cambodia
Pea Sized Frog Discovered in Borneo
Pandas Extinct Within Three Generations?
Invasion of the Giant Jellyfish

Daily Warm Up for Wednesday, 2/8

Try any of the Asia games on this site:
http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/geography_games/asia.html

Daily Warm Up for Tuesday, 2/7

Quiz your noodle!

HW for Monday, 2/6

This week, in addition to studying Australia, we'll be talking about AIR.
So, complete the "Understanding the Atmosphere" worksheet.

Daily Warm Up for Monday, 2/6

Become familiar with the regions of Australia/Oceania.
First try this:
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Oceania-georegions.html

Then, try this:
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Oceania-georegions-click.html

HW for Friday, 2/3

Complete a Current Event Summary for Australia, using any of the articles below.

New Dolphin Species Discovered
Obama Visits Australia
Earthquake Rocks New Zealand
The Nerve of One Animal

Daily Warm Up for Friday, 2/3

Continue playing the game from yesterday . . .

HW for Thursday, 2/2

Make up work!

Daily Warm Up for Thursday, 2/2

Try this game:
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/games/geographygames/crittercamafrica/

HW for Wednesday, 2/1

Go to this site and read through each page listed on the left (Introduction, Land & Climate, People, Work & Industry, Data File, Flags).  Play the games, click on the activities.

Now, imagine that you are writing a quiz for the class based on this site.  Come up with 10 quiz questions about the Sahara desert, based on what you learn reading through the materials.  Make sure you include the answers!  I will use some of these questions on the next quiz -- if I use your questions, you'll get extra credit (and you'll know the answer!).