Week of Sept. 17-21

This week we are studying ancient historic sites, and reviewing for Friday's summative test. 

Monday: Historic Sites Day 1 (pg. 29-30 in ISN)
Tuesday: Historic Sites Day 2 (pg. 31-32 in ISN)
Wednesday: Historic Sites Map (pg. 33) and Summative Crossword Review (pg. 36)
Thursday: Historic Sites Quick Check and Summative Review Sheet (pg. 34)
Friday: Summative Test

Practice for 9/14 Quiz

Take a practice test on Quia.com to see if you know your stuff for Friday's quiz. 

Click here for practice test.

Latitude & Longitude Practice Game

Here is a game that can help learning latitude and longitude:
http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-games/latitude-longitude-map-game.php

Latitude & Longitude Song

Week of Sept. 10-14

This week we'll be studying latitude and longitude.

Monday: Smart Board Activity - Latitude and Longitude 
Tuesday: Latitude and Longitude Scavenger Hunt - SE Asia
Wednesday: Absolute and Relative Location
Thursday: Lat. & Long./Absolute & Relative Location Review
Friday: iAssignment - Quiz (24 questions) 

Stratalogica - Olympic Cities

Today, we viewed a Stratalogica presentation that showed all of the Summer Olympic Host Cities. 

Below are some of the video clips that were shown as part of the presentation (we only watched portions of them in class):

Week of Sept. 3-7

image from Stratalogica.com

This week we will be working on...

• Monday: No School  
• Tuesday: Stratalogica (like Google Earth) presentation & Parts of a Map
• Wednesday: Stratalogica presentation & Natural vs. Artificial Boundaries
• Thursday: Computer Lab - Interpreting a Map
• Friday: iAssignment - Create a Map