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1. Adventures in Time and Place: World Regions Grade 6/7, Chapter 30: Create a Welcome Packet
...s in Time and Place Web-Linked Lesson Plans Adventures in Time and Place: World Regions Grade 7 book Create a Welcome Packet Connection to Adventures in Time and Place: World Regions Grade 6/7 Unit 8: The Pacific Chapter 30: Nations of the Pacific Lesson 1: The People Web Link Description Rob Kay's Fiji Island Guide, created by a journalist named Rob Kay who has made Fiji his adopted home, contains information about Fiji's geography, economy, politics, people, language, recreation, and culture. This colorful and well-designed Web site features photography by Paddy Ryan and links to other sites. Stu...

2. How Big Is Big?: Fostering a Sense of Size
...figure to thousands. 2.Next, the students use mathematical calculations to determine the relative sizes of Arizona and their country. They use ratios, fractions and decimals. Background Data Arizona = 114,006 square miles, rounded to 114,000 Kazakhstan = 1,049,150 square miles, rounded to 1,049,000 Fiji = 1,900 square miles, rounded to 2,000 Example 1- Comparing Arizona to Kazakhstan Mathematical expressions in square miles: 114,000:1,049,150 "114,000/1,049,000 " .11 = .1 = 1/10 = 1:10 or Arizona is one tenth the size of Kazakhstan or inversely, Kazakhstan is 10 times bigger than Arizona (this is u...

3. Water Plants Lesson Plan
...agic. Color them with Crayola Washable Markers and blend the colors with water. Create a local wetlands field guide. Label each drawing with the plant name, date, and location found. Revisit the site in different seasons. Related Lesson Plans Kwanzaa Window Book Worry Warriors & Courage Connections Fiji Thatched-Roof House Lesson Plans Supplies crayola supplies Paint Brushes Erasable Colored Pencils Markers household supplies recycled newspaper white paper paper towels field guide container(s) of water Overview grades Grades 1 to 3 Grades 4 to 6 Grades 7 to 12 Special Needs ECE (4 years and older)...

4. Friendly Dragon-Flies Lesson Plan
...eagles (wings), lions (claws), and dinosaurs (long necks and bodies). Use different parts of the same creatures to create a unique dragon?such as a lion?s head, crocodile feet, and eagle feathers. Compare your drawing to the original dragon. Related Lesson Plans Beyond Black Holes Magic Hat How-To Fiji Thatched-Roof House Lesson Plans Supplies crayola supplies Crayons Markers household supplies white paper Overview grades Grades 1 to 3 Grades 4 to 6 Special Needs subjects Language Arts Visual Arts time Less than 1/2 hour 30 to 60 minutes benefits Children listen to a story about, and visualize, fa...

5. Micronesia Lesson Plan: Where in the World is the Adventure Team, Elementary
...ss how the picture illustrates that an island is a place surrounded by water. In older grades, students will be expected to label the items their maps individually using online resources and library resources such as atlases. Students should label: Australia, Papua New Guinea, the FSM, New Zealand, Fiji, Guam, the equator, latitude and longitude line, and the Pacific Ocean. The solution map at http://www.travel.com.hk/region/ oceanmap.htm goes into more detail and teachers may decide to add additional items to label if desired.) Note: On the solution map, the FSM is referred to as "Micronesia" and...

6. Title: Where in the World
...stration students will make a piece of paper using pre-soaked paper pulp and a screen. They will then decorate the paper using water color paint and brushes. Multicultural/ Historical Objective- Students will view examples of traditional paper made in a variety of cultures: Mulberry pulp paper from Fiji, rice paper from Japan, and Papyrus from Egypt. Examples of symbols painted on paper in various cultures will also be discussed. Students will view prints of Egyptian hyrogliphics, scrolls from Japan and China, cloth form Africa, and animal symbols from cave painting. Affective/ Expressive Objective...

7. Greetings Lesson
...hands when meeting each other. (do a hand shake with your right hand to find your partner.) SOUTH AFRICA The Zulu of South Africa say, "Sakubona" when greeting friends. (Say Sakubona to find your partner.) ITALY In Italy, friends greet each other by saying, "Ciao." (Say Ciao to find your partner.) FIJI Men are expected to say "oooo" when greeting their chief. (To find your chief say, "oooo.") AFGHANISTAN It is traditional for women to be more reserved in their greetings than men. When meeting a stranger, a man will say "manda na bashi." (May you not be tired.) A Ghilzai woman will raise her hand t...

8. English Lesson: Writing Resolutions
...riendly amendment. An unfriendly amendment is an amendment that the sponsors of the resolution do not support. Sample of an amendment Committee: GA Third Committee Subject: Strengthening U.N. Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance Sponsors: France, Romania, and Poland Signatories: Togo, Australia, Fiji, Brazil, St. Lucia, Viet Nam, New Zealand, Pakistan, Kuwait and Argentina Requests the expansion of preventive actions and assurance of post conflict assistance though reconstruction and development; Bringing a resolution to the floor for debate Every conference has a different process for allowing...

9. Weather Guesser
...uto de Hidrologia, Meteorologia Costa Rica - Instituto Meteorol?gico Nacional Croatia - Cuba - Instituto de Meteorolog?a de la Rep?blica de Cuba Czech Republic - Czech Hydrometeorological Institute Denmark - Danish Meteorological Institute - (DMI) Egypt - Egyptian Meteorological Authority England - Fiji - Fiji Meteorological Service Finland - Finnish Meteorological Institute France - METEO France - La Soci?t? M?t?orologique de France (SMF) Germany - [Institute for Meteorology, Berlin] Hungary - Meteorological Service, (OMSZ) Budapest Iceland - Meteorological Office India - Meteorological Department...

10. Time and Time Again
...at is the international date line, and how does it affect time zones? b. Why would the islands of the South Pacific be in "a rough and tumble competition... for the claim of being the first inhabited place to witness the first fresh sunbeams of the future"? c. Locate Gisborne City (in New Zealand), Fiji, Tonga, Kiribati and Pitt Island on your class' world map. Where do these places lie in relation to the international date line? d. Why do "purists point out (that the millennium) does not begin for another year"? e. What are the differences, in this debate, between "first midnight or first dawn? Fi...