EXPLORING THE WORLD

In social studies we have been talking about explorers. They went out in search of new areas of the world in order to bring back tea, spices, and other riches to their country.
Why was it important for countries to get out and stake claim to land for their king or queen? Why did they need such skilled sailors, navigators and map makers on the expeditions?

Please be complete in your answer and you can always agree or disagree with what others have already stated and continue your thinking from their response.

????Riddles????

Riddles are a great way to stretch out thinking and to think outside of the box.

See if you can figure out the answer to the following riddles.

Don't post the answer so that everyone has the same chance to figure them out.

What is the best riddle that you know? Post it and see if your classmates can answer it.

Riddles:

What gets wetter and wetter the more that it dries?

A man rode into town on Monday, he stayed for three days and left on Friday. How is that possible?

Why is it important to do riddles, puzzles, board games, cards games, etc.?

STEVE JOBS

We have all heard that Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple has passed away. He was a great inventor, creator and marketer of his products.

He has had an influence in six different industries from: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. He is said to be the Thomas Edison and Henry Ford of our time.

What do you think is the biggest influence that he has has on you personally? How do you think that Steve Jobs and Apple have changed the way that we use and think about technology?

Make sure that your response is at least 5 sentences in length and check for spelling and grammar.

Traveling the Silk Road

What do you think is the best item that Marco Polo found when he was traveling the Silk Road with his father and uncle? Why is that the best find and how is it still helping us today?

ROAD TRIP

In Social Studies we have studied different types of maps.

If you were to go on a road trip you would use a road map. If you got to plan the road trip, where would you go? Who would go with you? Why would you choose that place to go to and the people to go with you? How long would you be gone and when do you think that you would be going on this trip?

Have fun with this one:)

Miss P