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Students explore the almanac. They, in groups, answer the following questions: 1.What is the name of the longest tunnel in the world? (The Delaware Aqueduct) 2. What is the main language spoken in China? (Mandarin) Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 5th
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Students identify the role of the weather vane in colonial America, and determine the accuracy of almanacs in predicting the weather. students create an 18th century weathervane design. Full Review »
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- 1st - 3rd
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Students practice using a World Almanac by completing the provided worksheet on animals. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students explore using almancs for research purposes. They use the almanac to look up a variety of information including the presidents of the United States. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 6th
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Students gather geographic information about their community. They work together to create a community almanac. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 4th
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Students work cooperatively in order to identify specific situations in which an almanac is the best choice for locating information. They answer specific questions, record the page on which the answer was found, and the key words used to find the answer. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students examine the attributes and uses of atlases. They access the given web page or read the World Almanac for Kids section about the fifty states. They complete the associated worksheet about how the fifty states got their names. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students define an almanac and list reasons why they would use an almanac. They select a topic of interest in the almanac and create a "Did You Know?" poster. They creatively display the facts they compiled on their topic. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 4th
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Students examine the World Almanac for Kids and how it can be used as an information source. They study the almanac and its contents and focus on how to use the almanac and most effectively access the information you may be looking for. They Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students discuss the meaning of the word, almanac and then decide which statistics about the World Series they think should be included in the almanac, browsing some websites to get some idea of what statistics are available. They then are divided into five groups to research and record statistics about the World Series. Full Review »