ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS- FACT HUNT

Island of the Blue Dolphins
Internet Fact Hunt

Directions: The colored and underlined words are links to web sites that provide the answers to the questions. Click on them to go to the web site. Find the answer. The website will open in a new window. Record your answers on your worksheet.

1.Karana harvests abalone for food and tools. What is an abalone? Have you ever eaten one?

She prefers red abalone. How large is a red abalone?

Which is larger - your hand or a red abalone?

2. People hunted the sea otters. How are sea otters unique among animals?

Why were sea otters nearly extinct?

3. Kelp grows in the sea around the island. How fast does kelp grow?

4. List two facts about cormorants.

5. One plant found on the island is the toyon bush.

What is it more commonly known as?

6. Karana tells you many distances in leagues. How far is that in miles?

If it is 3 leagues from you home to school, how far is that in miles?

7. O'Dell describes the sea elephant. Look at these photos.

Is this what you imagined from his description? Why?

8. Karana decides to hunt a male sea elephant (Northern Elephant Seal) for its teeth.

How much can one weigh?

Bee Research

WHAT DO BEES DO IN THE WINTER ?

DO BEEKEEPERS EVER GET STUNG?

HOW MANY FLOWERS CAN A BEE POLLINATE?

WHY DO BEES STING?

SHOPPING SPREE

Click on the links below to begin your shopping spree.  

Good Luck!

TARGET WEEKLY AD

DICK'S SPORTING GOODS WEEKLY AD

BEST BUY WEEKLY AD

TOYS R' US WEEKLY AD

POINT OF VIEW

Watch the video clip below and identify the different perspectives in the scene. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWMecluFs60

Colonial America Travel Brochure

The time is 1735 and you are in London England.  A population explosion in England has left little available space throughout the country.   There is plenty of room in the 13 American colonies, but with little information available, people are hesitant to move there.  The King has asked YOU to create an advertisement of some sort about your colony, in hopes of attracting more people to move there. 

Use the following websites and your USA Weekly Newspapers to help to gather information about your colony.

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colonies2.htm

http://www.chlive.org/kkaplan/13_colonies.htm

http://mrnussbaum.com/13colonies/13profiles/

COLONIAL KIDS- WEBQUEST

Use the following website t0 research and learn about how kids your age lived during colonial times.

CLOTHING

http://wayback.archive-it.org/3635/20130906225550/http://library.thinkquest.org/J002611F/clothing.htm

Daily Life

http://wayback.archive-it.org/3635/20130906225558/http://library.thinkquest.org/J002611F/daily_life.htm

Education

http://wayback.archive-it.org/3635/20130906225544/http://library.thinkquest.org/J002611F/school.htm

RECREATION

http://wayback.archive-it.org/3635/20130908175432/http://library.thinkquest.org/J002611F/recreation.htm#bees

Great Colonial Game book

http://wayback.archive-it.org/3635/20130906225616/http://library.thinkquest.org/J002611F/sport.htm

In The Kitchen

http://wayback.archive-it.org/3635/20130908175415/http://library.thinkquest.org/J002611F/kitchen.htm#few

AUNT ABIGAIL’S COOK BOOK

http://wayback.archive-it.org/3635/20130908175435/http://library.thinkquest.org/J002611F/recipe1.htm

TRANSPORTATION

http://wayback.archive-it.org/3635/20130906225555/http://library.thinkquest.org/J002611F/transportation.htm

GLOSSARY

Use the glossary to define the following Colonial terms.

http://wayback.archive-it.org/3635/20130906082108/http://library.thinkquest.org/J002611F/glossary.htm

 

HEAT- BACKGROUND FACT HUNT

Heat- Background Fact Hunt

 

 In the novel Heat, the main character, Michael, lives in the Bronx, New York and dreams of playing in the Little League World Series. He idolizes the fictional Yankee star, El Grande. Alone, Michael and his brother Carlos, face many struggles together beyond the baseball field. 

Using the following websites, discover more about the setting of Heat and the background of Michael's life.

Little League Baseball

http://www.littleleague.org/learn/about/historyandmission.htm

http://www.littleleague.org/learn/about/historyandmission/chronology.htm

Yankees

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teams/yank.shtml

Bronx New York

http://www.bronxhistoricalsociety.org/bxbrief

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bronx#Parks_and_open_space

Mean, Median, Mode Activity

Click the link below for the mean, median, mode activity.

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/math/meanmedianmode.html

Root Attack!

Use the link below to explore the origin of your word's root. Then use the page to help you find more related words that can be formed from your root word.

https://www.learnthat.org/pages/view/roots.html

After you have filled out the Root Attack organizer, use the information to create your vocabulary poster. 

WONDEROPOLIS- SCIENCE ACTIVITY

Visit the website Wonderopolis by clicking the link below.  Once there, listen to the article by clicking on the play button.  Once you have listened to the article, come to me for the next part of your assignment.  The second part of the assignment involves you creating a brochure about the article.  Each member of your group will create his/her own brochure and then together your group will present the information from the article to the classroom.

What is a Sonic Boom?

How Loud is Too Loud?

What Makes Sound Louder?

Do Bats Need Maps?

How Can a Voice Break Glass?

Do You Sing in the Shower?

NEWS ELA

Newsela is free for students to explore a world of nonfiction and test their comprehension. Updated daily with real-world news from major publications, students can participate in conversation about the most urgent topics of our time, all while becoming stronger readers.

Click the link below to find out what articles have been assigned to you to read.

https://www.newsela.com/

Can fortune cookies predict the future?



Learn more about fortune cookies and complete the organizer using the link below.

http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/can-fortune-cookies-predict-the-future/

Order of Operations

Please use the provided paper to complete the following problem. You only need to view the video until the problem is solved.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RefjBCxkeLQ

MLK Day

 

Commemorating the life of a tremendously important leader, we celebrate Martin Luther King Day each year in January, the month in which he was born. August 28, the anniversary of Dr. King's 1963 I Have a Dream speech, is called "Dream Day." 

 

 Click below to complete your timeline of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life.

Timeline of Events in Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Life

 http://www.lib.lsu.edu/hum/mlk/srs216.html

Jamestown Colony Project

Jamestown Online Adventure

Congratulations! You have been selected to travel to the New World to establish a colony. The colonists that settled in Jamestown had a difficult time sustaining the colony. Almost half the settlers died due to poor choices in settlement location, management of resources, and quarrels with the Powhatan Indians.

The year is 1607. Your group is in charge of establishing a colony in the New World. You must make decisions about where the location of the colony is, how you get food, protect yourself from attackers and sustain the colony. The colonists of Jamestown made many poor choices that almost caused the colony not to survive. Will you do better than the real colonists?

You will have the opportunity to ask your fellow colonists for advice as well as Native Americans. Be careful, though, because some advice is better than others.

GOOD LUCK!

Directions:

1. log onto www.historyglobe.com/jamestown/

2. Click on Start the Adventure! A new window will pop up and click Start the Adventure again.

3. Answer the following questions together AS A GROUP. You may get advice from the Native Americans or fellow colonists.

4. Once you have answered all the questions, click “Print Report”. Print 2 copies of the report – your group will keep a copy and I will need a copy.

5. You will use the report for the next part of the activity! Look at the results and compare your choices to what the real Jamestown colonists did.