North America, A diverse Geography
Oh No! Mrs. Hardy has been so busy setting up her classroom, she forgot to research geographic areas and terms that her students NEED to know! Can you help her out by doing the research and then teaching your classmates?
1. Your project should include:
2. You will present your project to the class to teach them about your Topic
- I will grade the presentation and your teaching materials
- Your presentation should not be longer than 3 minutes! Please practice!
3. You will turn in for a grade:
· A neatly written (or typed) description and the interesting facts for your Topic
· Graphic Display of your project
We will go to the library to do the research at school. Remember, the best research is not necessarily the internet, but a book or reference material.
You will be graded on the following:
Oh No! Mrs. Hardy has been so busy setting up her classroom, she forgot to research geographic areas and terms that her students NEED to know! Can you help her out by doing the research and then teaching your classmates?
1. Your project should include:
- Description
- Three or more Interesting facts
- Some kind of Graphic Display to show your classmates
- Location (on a map) of your physical feature
2. You will present your project to the class to teach them about your Topic
- I will grade the presentation and your teaching materials
- Your presentation should not be longer than 3 minutes! Please practice!
3. You will turn in for a grade:
· A neatly written (or typed) description and the interesting facts for your Topic
· Graphic Display of your project
We will go to the library to do the research at school. Remember, the best research is not necessarily the internet, but a book or reference material.
You will be graded on the following:
· Presentation Conduct
Clear, loud voice = 10 pts Organized = 10 pts Within time limit of 3 minutes = 5 pts · Includes Description 5 pts · Quality of Description 20 pts |
· Three Facts (not opinions)
4 pt = fact, 5 pt = being interesting Fact 1 = 9 pts Fact 2 = 9 pts Fact 3 = 9 pts · Visual graphic Display 5 pts · Quality of Visual 8 pts |
· Showed us a location 10 pts
For Example – if your topic is “swamp” you can show us an example of a swamp, the Okefenokee, and its location on a map. If you have an actual location, “Georgia,” you would show us Georgia on a map. Please ask if you do not understand
For Example – if your topic is “swamp” you can show us an example of a swamp, the Okefenokee, and its location on a map. If you have an actual location, “Georgia,” you would show us Georgia on a map. Please ask if you do not understand
· Appalachian Mountains (Wade) · Atlantic Coastal Plain (Tyler)
· Boston, MA (Brandon) · Death Valley (Brett)
· Erie Canal (Jake) · Great Lakes (Ella)
· Great Plains (Nicolas) · Gulf of Mexico (Alli)
· lines of latitude (parallels) / lines of longitude (meridians) (Andrew)
· Mississippi River (Samantha) · Missouri River (Hayden)
· New York City, NY (Jayden) · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Jamison)
· Rocky Mountains (McKenna) · San Francisco, California (Kevin)
· St. Lawrence River (Everett) · St. Louis, Missouri (Gracie)
· Washington D.C. (Valena) · Atlantic Ocean / Pacific Ocean (May-Jann)
· continent / hemisphere (Kaleigh) · desert / plateau (Ali)
· island / peninsula (Cam) · isthmus / Isthmus of Panama (Amanda G)
· Piedmont / piedmont (Richard) · Island of Hispaniola (Amanda S)
· Great Basin (Katie) · Continental Divide (Caroline)
· Boston, MA (Brandon) · Death Valley (Brett)
· Erie Canal (Jake) · Great Lakes (Ella)
· Great Plains (Nicolas) · Gulf of Mexico (Alli)
· lines of latitude (parallels) / lines of longitude (meridians) (Andrew)
· Mississippi River (Samantha) · Missouri River (Hayden)
· New York City, NY (Jayden) · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Jamison)
· Rocky Mountains (McKenna) · San Francisco, California (Kevin)
· St. Lawrence River (Everett) · St. Louis, Missouri (Gracie)
· Washington D.C. (Valena) · Atlantic Ocean / Pacific Ocean (May-Jann)
· continent / hemisphere (Kaleigh) · desert / plateau (Ali)
· island / peninsula (Cam) · isthmus / Isthmus of Panama (Amanda G)
· Piedmont / piedmont (Richard) · Island of Hispaniola (Amanda S)
· Great Basin (Katie) · Continental Divide (Caroline)