Monday, November 08, 2004
Canada Study Part 2: Pack Your Bags
After completing your research on your assigned province or territory and viewing your classmates' presentations you are now an expert on Canada. To apply what you have learned you are asked to complete the following scenario.
Imagine you are planning a vacation to a major city in a province or territory(other than your own) in Canada. Locate the map of Canada found in your math text, Math Makes Sense Grade 4 page 66 . Plan a vacation to any province or territory of Canada. It will take you one day to drive from Vancouver to Quesnel. You can then take a flight to any major city found on the map. Once you have landed in the city of your choice, you will rent a car. Using your rented car you may travel to any location within one day's drive within the province or territory you have chosen. Keep a travel journal of your vacation.
Please include the following in your journal entries:
1) What province or territory will you visit.
2) What city will you arrive in?
3) How long will your vacation be? (min. stay 7 days)
4) When will you take your vacation (season)?
5) Describe the weather.
6) What sites, attractions did you see/visit?
7) What did you learn/enjoy about your visit?
8) How long was your vacation?
9) Include pictures/postcards of your trip
You may present your travel journal in one of the following forms:
Imagine you are planning a vacation to a major city in a province or territory(other than your own) in Canada. Locate the map of Canada found in your math text, Math Makes Sense Grade 4 page 66 . Plan a vacation to any province or territory of Canada. It will take you one day to drive from Vancouver to Quesnel. You can then take a flight to any major city found on the map. Once you have landed in the city of your choice, you will rent a car. Using your rented car you may travel to any location within one day's drive within the province or territory you have chosen. Keep a travel journal of your vacation.
Please include the following in your journal entries:
1) What province or territory will you visit.
2) What city will you arrive in?
3) How long will your vacation be? (min. stay 7 days)
4) When will you take your vacation (season)?
5) Describe the weather.
6) What sites, attractions did you see/visit?
7) What did you learn/enjoy about your visit?
8) How long was your vacation?
9) Include pictures/postcards of your trip
You may present your travel journal in one of the following forms:
- Booklet with handwritten captions and sentences, drawings and/or printed pictures from the Web of the activities and attractions you did/visited.
- Booklet with typed caption and sentences, drawings and/or printed pictures from the Web of the activities and attractions you did/visited.
- Power Point slide presentation with captions and sentences and pictures from the Web of the activities attractions you did/visited.
Tuesday, August 24, 2004
Welcome Back
Let's Visit Canada
Welcome back to another exciting year. This term in social studies, students will be working on a major project around the theme of Canada. The first part of the project will involve researching facts about one province or territory. The Internet's resources will be utilized. After locating and recording your information, you will present what you have discovered to your classmates. This is the first step in your Canada study. You may work with a partner on this portion of the Unit. On the left you will find links that will take you to some interesting web sites to begin your research. Have fun! Perhaps begin with a virtual vacation. Remember you can use the back arrow in the grey tool bar to return to this Blog.
