Students have started a project on a country. Please discuss with your child(ren) which country they have chosen and ask why they chose it, what they know about it already, and what they want to know more about it. Students will be doing a research online on a Chromebook to learn more about it over the next couple of weeks. Students are expected to be able to:
- Locate the country on the world map. (in which hemisphere? in which continent?)
- Demonstrate understanding of differences between continents and countries.
- Ask questions about its population, food, climate and animals (and more) and answer to those questions through research.
- Use a website to find information about it (www.cyber-flag.net) - capital, currency, language, etc. to complete a report.
- Use a Venn diagram to compare their country with another.
Some extra practice activities to help students achieve the curriculum expectations:
1. Open the following page and look at the weather in different parts of the world. Why are they different? http://www.meteomedia.com/ Choose a country and make a prediction about the weather and look it up on this website to check if their prediction was correct.
2. Play geography games to locate different countries. Use a world map to help. Especially the games under "pays du monde"
http://www.jeux-geographiques.com/jeux-en-ligne-Tous-nos-jeux-MONDE-_pageid168.html
3. Watch videos about lives of different children around the world. Discuss why we have different houses, food, traditions, clothes, etc. and how they are related to their natural environment.
http://laoujedors.com/
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