Showing posts with label asia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label asia. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

National Geographic's Giant Map of Asia

The National Geographic Giant Traveling Map returned to our district for the fifth year! 


Mrs. Yollis coordinates the rental of this incredible learning tool for her district.  Click here to learn more about how to rent a map for your school.


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The first thing we did was recreate our ClustrMap gadget map! 
What do you notice about the Asian visitors to our blog? 
Where are some of the bigger dots? 
Can you name a country that has visited our blog?
Why are there so few in the north?



  
It was fun to create a human ClustrMap! 






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Each Giant Map comes with a trunk full of resources!





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We looked closely at the compass rose. Then we practiced traveling north, south, east or west. Knowing direction is important on a map! 





Next it was time to explore. What did you locate in Asia? 
Did you walk a major river? Did you stand or sit inside an Asian country? How did one Asian country compare to another? 







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Here we are seated along the border between Europe and Asia. Who can name the natural features that separate the two continents


Some people stood in two continents at the same time!



Next it was time to stand on the equator! The equator is an imaginary line of latitude that separates the northern and southern hemispheres. Do we live north or south of the equator? 




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We played some of the games that came with the map. Each team (red, blue, yellow, and green) was given a stack of country cards. The object of the game was to be the first to place a cone on the correct country. 


A red rope with knots came with the map. Each knot measured 500 miles.  

We used the scale rope to measure distance.  The longer the rope, the farther away the county. 

The yellow team was a long way away from Vietnam. 


The red team was quite close to Yemen. 






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                       What body of water did you stand in?
             Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, or the Arctic Ocean?  






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Some years, Mrs. Yollis made movies using the Giant Traveling Maps!



Giant Traveling Map of Africa








Giant Traveling Map of North America







The Giant Map of Asia 







Which continent would you visit and why?

What was your favorite activity on the map? 





Monday, January 21, 2013

What is Plagiarism?


According to the New Oxford American Dictionary:



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Now that Mrs. Yollis' class is learning to research using the World Book Encyclopedia Online generously purchased from the PFC, it is important for everyone to understand how to share learning without just copying.


It is wrong to copy and paste! 


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How to share learning without becoming a plagiarist is tricky.

Step 1:   Read the passage completely.

Step 2:   Take notes on the interesting parts.
                  (IMPORTANT - Only write facts. Do not copy sentences.)

Example:
  • California
  • largest population
  • 33,871,648 people

Step 3:    Use the facts to compose your own sentences.
                   Now is a good time to add your opinion as you share.


Here are my own sentences using my California facts:

I was surprised to learn that my state, California, has the largest population of all fifty states. There are approximately  34 million California citizens. 


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Next week, our school will have National Geographic's
Giant Traveling Map of Asia. Use World Book Online to
 research some information about the Asian continent. 


How big is Asia in square miles?
What is the population?
How many countries? 
Pick an Asian country to learn about.
What are the highest and lowest points on the
 continent?
What languages are spoken?
What bodies of water border Asia?
What animals are found in Asia?


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What would you like to learn about Asia? 

What did you learn about Asia from World Book?

Remember, to put the facts in your own words!





Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Video: Mrs. Yollis' Class Visits North America!



National Geographic has a wonderful educational program called the Giant Traveling Maps.

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Ingrid Hanzer, a member of National Geographic's Grosvenor Council, sponsored the map for the school. She spoke to Mrs. Yollis' class about the importance of learning about geography.



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The students had opportunities to explore the giant map of North America.




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They used cones to create mountain ranges and blue plastic chains to trace the path of important rivers.




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They visited the map several times and were able to film their experiences!

Enjoy!











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Last year, Mrs. Yollis visited Asia!



What do you think of North America?

Did you learn anything new? 

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Video: National Geographic's Giant Map of Asia

Learning about geography has never been so much fun!

The map was 41' x 31' and filled our MPR.

Watch our movie below!


Mrs. Yollis' Class Visits Asia! from mrsyollis on Vimeo.

The National Geographic Giant Maps are excellent learning tools!




We hope you enjoyed our movie!

Please leave a comment!