Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Resource of the Day: Fun State Facts from the Census Bureau
Looking for facts about the 50 states? How about from the best source of all - the Census Bureau?
Fun State FactsThis is the "Facts" page, but there are other pages down the side as well - quizzes and information about the census.
Labels: geography, Resource of the Day
Monday, November 26, 2007
Resource of the Day: State-Tris
Today we bring you... State-Tris! It's an online game, played like Tetris, but with the U.S. states instead of funky blocks. There are three levels available: 1)With name, and oriented properly, 2)With name, but with the state shape turned, requiring you to orient it properly before placing and 3)Without name, and with the shape turned. It's a great way to learn the states! On this page, there are also links to several other "Tris" versions of other countries, so you can learn world geography as well.
State-Tris USALabels: geography, Resource of the Day
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Resource of the Day: Join the Electronic Iditarod
While not a "unit study" in the strictest sense of the word, this resource can be easily morphed into one. You can vicariously live the Iditarod through the wonders of the Internet.
Participating classes will
- study the trail and musher biographies
- create a wall-sized map of the trail
- select a musher to follow in this year's race
- track the selected musher's progress as the race occurs
- post to each checkpoint's blog as the selected musher reaches each stop on the trail
- complete the problem solving tasks you find at each checkpoint's blog
- arrive in Nome vicariously with your selected musher
- receive an official 2006 eIditarod class certificate for completion of the trail!
Add in your own studies - library books, encyclopedias, internet research and more - and you will have a well rounded study of Alaska and the Iditarod race!
eIditarodLabels: geography, Resource of the Day, Unit Studies
Monday, November 12, 2007
Resource of the Day: Outlines of the 50 states
Looking for outlines of the 50 states? We'll have them soon on the mother site. In the meantime, you can look here:
50 States Outline MapsLabels: geography, Resource of the Day
Monday, October 29, 2007
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