Continent Adventure

PART 1 - RESEARCH
1. Get together with your team and talk about what you already know about the continent you will be researching. Make a list of your ideas to use as a starting point for your investigations.

2. Decide on roles for each of your team members. The roles are listed below. Remember, every job is important!

• FACT FINDER – The Fact Finder is responsible for making sure we know some general facts about the continent before we get on the plane. The Fact Finder is also responsible for learning about the continent’s major landforms including: mountains, rivers, deserts, etc.

• CULTURE CONNECTOR – The Culture Connector will help us make cultural connections by informing us about the people and their traditional food and clothing.

• TOUR GUIDE – The Tour Guide will help make our trip exciting by informing us about the major landmarks we won’t want to miss and the animals we might see during our travels.

3. Begin your research by reading through the resources listed under your assigned continent below. Your teacher will provide you with a Travel Log to use as a guide. Take notes on all important and interesting information.

* HELPFUL HINTS *

Click on the blue underlined link to go to each website.

When you're done looking at a website and want to get back to this page, click on the back arrow or click on the red X in the top left corner of your screen (your teacher will tell you which you should do).

North America

Use these links to find general facts about North America.
http://www.factmonster.com/dk/encyclopedia/north-america.html

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0001763.html

Use these links to find out about North American people and places. Be sure to select North America from the menu and browse the different countries.
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Kids/Places/Find/
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/na.htm

Use this link to learn about North American animals.

http://library.thinkquest.org/5053/NorthAmerica/northamericamain.html

Use this link to learn about important landmarks. Find your continent, then click on the dots to see and read about landmarks.
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/wlandmarks.htm

Use this link to learn about important landforms. Find your continent, then click on the dots to see and read about landforms.
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/wlandforms.htm

South America

Use these links to find general facts about South America. http://www.factmonster.com/dk/encyclopedia/south-america.html

http://www.factmonster.com/ikpa/A0001763.html

Use these links to learn about South American people and places. Be sure to select South America from the menu and browse the different countries.
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/Places/Find/
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/na.htm

Use this link to learn about South American animals.

http://library.thinkquest.org/5053/SouthAmerica/southamericamain.html

Use this link to learn about important landmarks. Find your continent, then click on the dots to see and read about landmarks.

http://www.mrnussbaum.com/wlandmarks.htm

Use this link to learn about important landforms. Find your continent, then click on the dots to see and read about landforms.

http://www.mrnussbaum.com/wlandforms.htm

Use this link to explore the Amazon Rainforest.
http://www.pbs.org/journeyintoamazonia/explorer.html

Africa
Use these links to find general facts about Africa.
http://www.factmonster.com/dk/encyclopedia/africa.html

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0001763.html

Use these links to learn about African people and places. Be sure to select Africa from the menu and browse the different countries.
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Kids/Places/Find/
http://pbskids.org/africa/index.html
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/africaflash.htm

Use this link to learn about African animals.

http://library.thinkquest.org/5053/Africa/africamain.html

Use this link to learn about important landmarks. Find your continent, then click on the dots to see and read about landmarks.
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/wlandmarks.htm

Use this link to learn about important landforms. Find your continent, then click on the dots to see and read about landforms.
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/wlandforms.htm

Asia
Use these links to find general facts about Asia.
http://www.factmonster.com/dk/encyclopedia/asia.html

http://www.factmonster.com/ikpa/A0001763.html

Use these links to learn about Asian people and places. Be sure to select Asia from the menu and browse the different countries.
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Kids/Places/Find/
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/asiaflash.htm

Use this link to learn about Asian animals.

http://library.thinkquest.org/5053/Asia/asiamain.html

Use this link to learn about important landmarks. Find your continent, then click on the dots to see and read about landmarks.
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/wlandmarks.htm

Use this link to learn about important landforms. Find your continent, then click on the dots to see and read about landforms.
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/wlandforms.htm

Europe
Use these links to find general facts about Europe.
http://www.factmonster.com/dk/encyclopedia/europe.html

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0001763.html

Use these links to learn about European people and places. Be sure to select Europe from the menu and browse the different countries.
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Kids/Places/Find/
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/europa.htm

Use this link to learn about European animals.

http://library.thinkquest.org/5053/Europe/europemain.html

Use this link to learn about important landmarks. Find your continent, then click on the dots to see and read about landmarks.
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/wlandmarks.htm

Use this link to learn about important landforms. Find your continent, then click on the dots to see and read about landmarks.
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/wlandforms.htm

Australia
Use these links to find general facts about Australia.
http://www.factmonster.com/dk/encyclopedia/australia-and-new-zealand.html
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0001763.html

Use these links to learn about Australian people and places.

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Kids/Places/Find/
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/australia.htm

Use this link to learn about Australian animals.

http://library.thinkquest.org/5053/Australia/australiamain.html

Use this link to learn about important landmarks. Find your continent, then click on the dots to see and read about landmarks.
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/wlandmarks.htm

Use this link to learn about important landforms. Find your continent, then click on the dots to see and read about landforms.
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/wlandforms.htm


Antarctica
Use these links to find general facts about Antarctica.
http://www.factmonster.com/dk/encyclopedia/antarctica.html

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0001763.html

Use this link to learn about animals from Antarctica. Select Antarctic under the "Habitats" menu.
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Animals/CreatureFeature/

This site has loads of information about Antarctica, from the land to the people and more.
http://library.thinkquest.org/28779/

 PART 2 –TRAVEL BROCHURE GROUP PROJECT

1. Once your research is complete, get together with your team and review all of your information together. Discuss and make any changes or corrections needed.

2. Your teacher will provide you with a blank Travel Brochure. Examine the Travel Brochure format with your group. Decide on the most important items for each category to include. You may not be able to include everything.

3. Use your notes to put the information into your own words and complete your brochure.

4. Check your work! Writing should be neat and in complete sentences with proper spelling, capitalization, and punctuation. Illustrations should be neat and in color (crayons or colored pencils only please).

5. Make a plan to share your final brochure and practice your presentation. All group members should have a part in the presentation. Remember, your classmates are depending on you to teach them about your continent.

PART 3 – Continent Comparison
Use the information you’ve learned from your classmates’ presentations to compare the continent you studied with another continent.  Complete a Venn diagram to tell how the continents are alike and different.

Part 4 - Vote!

Vote for your top continent choice.  We will tally the votes and plan our amazing continent adventure!