Early Explorers Links

If you find a really good website about Early Explorers that you would like to share with the class post the link and website title in the comments. Please be sure you are only sharing really good, reliable information - no Ask.com or Wikipedia!

Absolute and Relative Location

Choose 1 place using http://itouchmap.com/latlong.html. Post the following information as a comment.

1. The name of your place (Kansas City, my house, English Landing, etc.)
2. The Latitude and Longitude
3. The relative location of your place

EXAMPLE -
1. Vancouver
2. 49 degrees North, 123 degrees West
3. Vancouver is west of Calgary

Relative Location

Give an example of Relative Location using North, South, East, or West.

Reminder: To post, click "comments" (it may be no comments or have a number of comments) and type your answer in the box that appears at the bottom of the page - you may have to scroll! When you are finished click the pull down menu titled "Comment as..." and select "Name/URL." Type your name in, leaving URL blank. Click Publish after that to post your comment!

Writing Prompt

Post your response in the comments. Be sure you are using correct capitalization and punctuation! 

September 7, 1927 was the day the first all-electronic television image was transmitted. Philo T. Farnsworth’s invention made it possible to build televisions with no moving parts. What type of an influence do you think television has had on our world? What have been some of the advantages? Have there also been some disadvantages?

Welcome to 5th Grade!

Post below about what you are most excited about for 5th grade.