This is the first week of the Student Blogging Challenge.
One of the tasks is to introduce yourself to the other bloggers participating in the challenge.
As luck would have it, it is also the week our school rolled out our National Geographic's Giant Map of North America! Let's use the giant map to tell you about ourselves!
Here are some geographic facts about
Mrs. Yollis' third-grade students.
1. We live on the CONTINENT of North America.
2. Our COUNTRY is the United States of America.
3. Out of the fifty STATES, we live in California.
4. We live in a SUBURB of Los Angeles.
Did you know that North America is the third-largest continent?
It is! Asia is the largest, then Africa, and then North America.
North America is more than 9, 300, 000 square miles (24, 100, 000 square kilometers). North America is made up of 23 countries, and the largest ones are Canada, the United States, and Mexico.
We live in the United States.
According to Countries of the World,
here are North America's 23 countries.
The giant map is just that...GIANT! We took off our shoes and walked around and explored our continent! Let's tell you about North America!
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| Photo by Mrs. Yollis |
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| Photo by Mrs. Yollis |
Emily F., Tali, Elijah: We used blue chains to follow the flow of rivers. Rivers follow gravity and flow downhill. The often flow out to large bodies of water.
Cade and Evan: The blue cones show where the river starts (headwaters) and where the river ends (mouth or another river.)
We used Britannica, classroom maps, and an atlas (a book of maps) to gather facts about North America and our country, the United States.
Emily E. and Mia: We live in a suburb (a community outside of a city) of Los Angeles, so we are very close to the Pacific Ocean. In fact, we could drive to the beach in about 30 minutes. To the east of North America is the Atlantic Ocean. It would take us about 42 hours to drive to the Atlantic Ocean from where we live.
Eden and Emma: Did you know that there are 24 time zones. The earth spins around every 24 hours. We are in the Pacific Time Zone.
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| Mr. and Mrs. Yollis visited the Grand Canyon during winter. This photo was taken in December. |
Daniel: The Grand Canyon is found in the United States in Arizona. There are bobcats, rabbits, squirrels, and chipmunks who live in the Grand Canyon. Many tourists visit the Grand Canyon every year.
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| Diagram by Aashi |
Ivy, Archie, and Ben: The Great Lakes are very large and they are found between the United States and Canada. They are freshwater, not saltwater, and take up the largest area of freshwater in the world. To remember the Great Lakes, think HOMES: Lake Huron, Lake Ontario, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, Lake Superior.
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| A geyser in Yellowstone National Park. (Photo by Mrs. Yollis) |
Emily F.: Yellowstone National Park is in Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho. There you can see Old Faithful and other geysers!
Isla: Central America is also part of North America. It is in the southern part of North America. The Central American countries are: Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama.
Kevin, Tali, and Kasra: Canada is the country exactly north of the United States. The national capital of Canada is Ottawa. Canada is the second-largest country in the world.
Sammy: The United States has mountains, prairies, rain forests, and deserts. We are the fourth largest country in the world.
Paul: North America has a population of more than 490 million people!
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Tell us about you! What's your continent, country, state/province, and city?
Do you have any questions for us? We are happy to research and comment back to you!
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