Is your New Mexico map and scroll neat and complete? Congratulations!
That's your ticket to US state # 47
Click the picture - video from New Mexico
Here's the Blue School Bus Video recapping NM first...
Now - head to Arizona (AZ) - US State # 48
Get your map to color and scroll for learning while you complete these steps:
1 Read and underline wonder words on both sides
2 Put the map below on the biggest screen in your house, and turn on some classical music...
3 Trace the rivers in blue - is the capital on a river? What else do you notice ?
4 Then, carefully color in 3-4 special items of interest...
5 Complete your Explorer's Scroll, avoid those "floaty and sinky" letters please...
6 Show your scroll to your caregiver and read the whole menu below and choose links to explore...
Copyright courtesy/waived thanks to Scholastic during the 2020 pandemic.
Read the menu of Arizona. Grow your brain power!
Colored letters indicate clickable links and videos to explore...
- An excellent overview of AZ in this Homeschool Pop Video.
- Perhaps you like the simplicity of the short Socractica video
- HD World from above AZ's alien desert landscapes - this video
- Did you know a Saguaro cactus live 200 years - see this video about an owl nest in a hole.
- In 2019 the Grand Canyon celebrated it's 100th birthday 3min Video - why is it so popular ?
- What makes a place sacred? This video explains Native Navajo and Hopi Americans view.
- Learn about the Navajo Code Talkers and their unbreakable codes used in WWII.
- See the ghost town Tombstone, AZ where the OK Corral showdown happened
- Grow up to be a volunteer at the Grand Canyon, this person learned about plants.
- Listen to Quintanya Claw of the Navajo Nation share songs from a wooden flute.
- While watching (on mute) the amazing 360 degree view in 4K video, shot from a helicopter
- Double steam train arriving at the Grand Canyon - see this video...
- Singing Park Rangers give 1 minute reminder about conservation.
- When you check the box "mail me a guide" it will be mailed free to your home - mail is fun!
- AZ has an amazing 22 National Park Sites - check the list...which do you know?
- Video about the famous photographs of Geronimo as the last "free" Native American.
- Monsoons and lightning are common near the Grand Canyon - what do you do? See video.
- Interested on what AZ cities and rural areas look like - check the webcams options here...
- Use Google Earth to visit AZ - zoom into the two places you noted on your scroll
- Virtual tour (18 lookout points) of Grand Canyon via Google Earth
- AZ's silly roadside attractions can be found here in this list.
- Aerial America - Smithsonian offers the best view in 3 minutes
- A "golden ticket video" - take a raft trip down the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon...