What a great kickoff "Go Geography" had last Friday! The students marched to the maraca beat throughout the hallways as onlookers happily heard them say we were traveling to Australia. We found Australia on the globe and mapped our travel from New Jersey to Australia. We had a mystery box in filled with animals that the students picked, including whales, camels (who would have thought they live in the land down under) crocodiles and dolphins, everyone loved learning about the animals.
The students had their waists measured and compared them to the size of a whale's length. It was a 30ish-inch difference! Then they dipped their fingers in warm water to see what tropical temperatures whales prefer to swim in. During these activities, we told the students whale facts to reinforce all that we'd discussed.
After a brief four-minute movie in which they saw Australian coral reef, manta rays swimming, clams and sharks on the smart board, the boys played soccer (aka football!) in the gym much as boys in Australia would do (or rugby and tennis), while the girls made a collage of Australian sea and land life animals.
Many thanks to eighth-graders Charlotte S. and Sarah B. for graciously volunteering their time to assist in the learning experience.
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