Where In The World project.

The 5th graders will be working on a new project for the next three weeks that I am tentatively calling the Where In The World project. The purpose of this learning project will be to allow the students to create an informational powerpoint about famous world landmarks. Students will be starting by using Google Earth to find and choose 3-5 famous locations they would like to focus on from the list of places below. Then, they will be learning how to find pictures and video for their first slide and will use Fact Monster to create a fact list with the help of a program called Quotepad to save what they find. Finally, the students will have a chance to share their work in class.

Here is the famous location list.
Mount Rushmore
Easter Island
Cape Horn
Eiffel Tower
Statue of Liberty
Mount Everest
The Grand Canyon
The Leaning Tower of Pisa
The Vatican
Hiroshima
The Great Sphinx of Giza
The Bay of Fundy
The Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Disneyland
Buckingham Palace
The Taj Mahal
The White House
Stonehenge
Niagara Falls
Banff nationalPark
The Alamo
Alcatraz