The Layers of the Earth

Here is an interactive website about the layers of the Earth. Click on the link below and get started learning about the Layers of the Earth.

http://www.learner.org/interactives/dynamicearth/

Welcome to 5th Grade Geography!

I would like to welcome you to 5th Grade Geography! I am very excited about this upcoming school year! This is a new adventure for me as I have spent the past 16 years teaching computer to grades 1-6.This year, I tend to incorporate a great deal of technology in the curriculum. I am very excited about this new adventure with your children. I hope that you are excited about this school year as well.

This year, the places you'll go are North America, Latin America, Africa, and Australia.

Online Textbook website link: http://connected.mcgraw-hill.com/connected/login.do 

Brainpop Website

Some fun geography websites:
Cool Geography Games
Geo Games for Kids
 USA geography games Sheppard 
 Types of Land in the United States

Southeast Region

We are studying the Southeast region and learning the states and capitals. Please click on the links below to help learn the states and capitals for the Southeast Region. Don't forget to review all the states and capital we have learned so far.

Owl and Mouse Learn the South
Identify the States and Capitals
Southeastern States and Capitals
Purpose Games for Southeast region
Identification of states and capitals of Southeast
Sheppard Software states and capitals

Midwest Region

Midwest Region Review Games Class Tools
Owl and Mouse Midwest Region game
http://staffweb.psdschools.org/sdurkin/states/
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm
http://www.purposegames.com/game/us-midwest-region-states-and-capitals-game
http://www.aaawhere.com/geog-usa.htm#topic342

Northeast Region of the United States

We are learning about the Northeast region of the United States this week in geography class. The websites below will help with this region.

Owl and Mouse US Regions
New England States Region
Northeast Region Quiz
Northeast States and Capitals
http://www.funbrain.com/where/

Famous Americans in History Glogster Project

 Welcome to the beginning of your historical adventure. You are going to have the ability to go on a journey with the likes of Albert Einstein, George Washington or even Walt Disney.

You will draw the name of a famous person in American History and then you will go to computer lab to research 5 significant events in that persons life and write 2 sentences about each and find a picture to represent each. After you have finished researching and saving the pictures to their flashdrives, you will create an online poster using Glogster EDU 
http://edu.glogster.com/

Some of the websites that you can use to find information about your person are:

 http://www.harcourtschool.com/ss1/biographies/
http://www.biography.com/
http://www.avl.lib.al.us/
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1551.html
http://americanhistory.about.com/od/historicalfigures/


Make sure you cite all your sources on the handout provided and also save your 5 pictures on your flashdrive. We will need to use both labs for this project so you can not save on the computer.

Next, you will go to Glogster and login. I will give you your nickname and password. After you login, you will create a glog. The template you need to choose is Timeline Stickers. I will show you how to change the text and how to add your images. You will need to add images to glogster before you start. We may be able to add a video as well. I hope this is fun. This project is worth 100 points.

Natural Disasters in the United States

In Section 2, the students are learning about the many different climate regions of the United States and also severe weather in all the different regions of the United States. Go to the website below to play the game Disaster Master to learn more about these disasters and what you should do if you are ever in one.

Master Disaster