Social+Studies,+Geography

=Check out the [|glogster]page on maps and globes and how to use them!= = = =**__7 Continents Chant:__**=

//Antarctica, Australia, Eurrrrrooope!//
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=**__5 Oceans Song:__**=

//The Earth's 5 oceans... I'll try to remember, won't you?//
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Where The Indian and Atlantic Oceans Meet (oceans have different densities, so they don't mix!)


=**__Continents/Oceans Links to Explore:__**=
 * Name the Continents Game
 * Continents and Oceans Game
 * Brain Pop: Continents
 * Learning the Oceans and Continents: Tutorial and Games
 * Continent and Oceans Games
 * Continent and Ocean Hangman

=The Compass Rose helps us tell directions on a map:=

//What map do we love the best?//
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=**__Other Map Elements:__**= =**Title**= =**Map Key (Legend)**= =**Date**= =**__Links to Explore:__**= Compass Rose Activity Landforms Welcome to Adventure Island (map skills) Mega Maps print out or play with the interactive maps and atlas! Go, George, Go Brain Pop Jr: Reading Maps

=//James, Mississippi, and Rio Grande//= =//are important rivers to know.//= =//The Appalachians and Rockies -//= =//two mountain ranges that we sometimes//= =//see covered in snow!//=

Mysteries of the Great Lakes
 * Who Stole the Liberty Bell?
 * U.S. Landform Game
 * Rocky Mountains
 * Appalachian Mountains[[image:http://www.divinglore.com/Genesis/USA/great%20lakes%20map.jpg width="420" height="256" align="right"]]
 * Great Lakes

//*Reference: "Great Lakes" and "Rocky Mountain" videos (in files: too large to upload)//
=Two very cool, very important resources to check out:= =Google Earth //(download here)//= =Discovery Atlas= =Mapping Our World //(great resource on "unfolding the globe" and more!)//=