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Thursday, January 21, 2010

State Report Websites

State Report Websites


Use 'only' these sites below to do your State Report online research. If you find a site on your own that you think is better, share it with me first, and I might add it to the list. There is advice under each website to save you a little time.

State Report Websites

1. Encyclopedia Britannica Online School Edition: http://school.eb.com/elementary [ID=latin, PASSWORD=hawks]  You may copy a picture or map from this site. Type the name of your state in the Search box and click Go.

2. NETSTATE.com
http://www.netstate.com/states/index.html  Click on your state.

Advice: (Only good for basic facts about the states)

3. IPL Kidspace: Stately Knowledge: http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/stateknow/  provides basic facts and links to other sources about each state

Advice: (Use the links at the bottom of each state page for detailed information on specific topics)

4. Infoplease: The Fifty States: http://www.infoplease.com/states.html  Choose state from the list below the map.

(Advice: Good for links to famous people for the character sketch)

5. http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/us.htm.

(Advice – Good for geographical features and commerce and industry)

50 comments:

  1. So our free choice poem is due Friday right?

    What other homework do we have other than the tall tale thing?

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  2. Mr Buxton,

    Your last poem at the party was amazing!!!!! :)

    Also I am confused on the Tall Tales thing...

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  3. Mr. Buxton,

    How do you do the title page for the state report???????????????????????????????????????

    JaCkSoN HuFfMaN

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  4. Mr. Buxton (or anyone else or knows)

    are there any rules/guidelines (WILF) we need to have in our poem?

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  5. mary grace,it just has to be something yoi care aboiut

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  6. Can my tall tale have 400 words or maybe more?

    JaCkSoN HuFfMaN

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  7. How many pics do we have to have?

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  8. Hopefully because I already have 440 words and i will be dun with maybe 50 more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.!!

    J H

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  9. If I have room on my newspaper can i put a picture of my favorite animal that says editors favorite animal? I kinda need to know ASAP.
    Abigail

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  10. I think that would be fine Abbie because it makes it more unique.

    ~Juliana

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  11. Maybe, Can you use this much words?

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  12. Like Jackson is it okay if mine is like over 400 words.

    ~Juliana

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  13. Guys i'm sure you can..

    Nike (just do it)

    also for the poetry party i have a poem that i want to do but it is in a book and like someone is saying a poem to some one else and then they say there reply can i do that in one go????

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  14. I don't know, but I kinda have the same question. (kinda)

    I wrote TWO poems that I like, can I perform both?

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  15. MG, it depends on how fast you guys get through your poems.

    ~Juliana

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  16. Mr. B, now my tall tale is about 630 words is that okay?

    ~Juliana

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  17. "Erin"

    I'm almost positive thats ok and thanks...

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  18. Hey guys how do you spell grahm?

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  19. So are only homework is Science and tall tale right?
    ASAP
    Abigail

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  20. Was the buxton's poetry party fun???///././//////???????????

    ((((SARAH NEELY 101 ROX AWSOME!!))))

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  21. ok thanks. It will be a suprise!!
    Abigail

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  23. we can type our first dRaFt FoR tHe TaLl TaLe RiGhT

    WoW SaRaH!!!!!!!!! NiCe

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  24. a moon jellyfish IS an invertebrate, right?

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  25. yes that is homework
    Abigail

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  26. What do you mean nice???

    MG why did you ask that question about the moon jellies???

    Do we have any science home work???? :-o

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  27. i mEnT NiCe for the ((((SARAH NEELY 101 ROX AWSOME!!))))

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  28. and no we dont except for the species project thing

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  29. i like moon jellies and they are my invertebrate for the science newspaper

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  30. on the newspaper, it says type in fake volume. ?? what should I do for that? It also says type in fake table of contents with page numbers

    please respond ASAP FAP TPR

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  31. guys for the wilf on the tall tell it says 200 to 250 words but since its a ruff draft i think its ok to have more

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  32. YeS!

    ~JuLiAnA vOrHoFf

    (((mR. bUxToN's TwO cLaSsEs ArE aWeSoMe)))

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  33. mg- a fake volume means like volume 3 article 14
    and fake table of contents means like Movies- A3
    Business- B2
    Sports- C7
    But look in your newspaper for ideas

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  34. our vocab test is tomorrow, right??

    Maddie

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  35. for the final touches on the newspaper article 4 science, does anyone know how to remove the lines so that it looks like a real newspaper??!

    Thnx

    Maddie

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  36. on the state report cover sheet,do we do the nick name AND the phrase or the nick name OR the phrase?

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  38. nickname or the phrase robert


    Kate

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