Is your Arizona map and scroll neat and complete? Congratulations!
That's your ticket to US state # 48
Click the picture - video from Arizona
Here's the Blue School Bus Video recapping AZ first...
Now - head to Alaska - US State # 49
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 Alaska, then click on at least three choices to feed your brain!
Colored letters indicate clickable links and videos to explore...
- An excellent overview of AK in this Homeschool Pop Video.
- Nat'l Geographic cool rap and rhyme on AK in this video
- Here's the short summary of AK in this Socractica video
- Here's Nat'l Geo Fact Sheet https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/states/alaska/
- Virtual google audio and video tour of the Kenai Fjords and Glaciers
- Learn about the Klondike Gold Rush NP - historic photos/videos - 5 min video
- Why did Russia sell Alaska in 1867 - here's the story - 6 min video
- A race to deliver a vaccine (for diphtheria) started the annual Iditarod Dog Race
- Kids can get involved and learn how to work dog sleds too - 4 min video
- What do you need to climb Mt. Denali ?- 5 min video
- What can you do with a tractor in Alaska as a homesteader in 1973 ? - 4 min video
- A land bridge once connected the continents of Asia and North America - 3 min video
- What is a bio-blitz - when students go rapidly looking for nature...4 min video
- What are the risks of simply walking through the woods in AK...10 min video
- Here tales from the racers about dogs (4 min video) the original form of speedier transportation
- An Alaskan "bush pilot" and smokejumper retires after 31 years - come see the party !
- Several nature webcams in AK - including owls, walrus and bear -check here.
- The Russians migrated here, how did the Russian colony battle with the Tlingit tribe ?
- What is the relationship between teacher and student - see this Tlingit carver work.
- A virtual google earth virtual visit to Denali National Park.
- Order the official Alaska travel guide is a click away - mailed free to your home - mail is fun!
- AK has 24 National Parks - check the list...
- Interested on what AK cities and rural areas look like - check the webcams options here...
- Use Google Earth to visit AK - zoom into the two places you noted on your scroll!
- Aerial America - Smithsonian: What happened to Chris McCandless?