2.+Internet+Search

Maria: [] ( The Five Regions of the The United States) [] (Great website where students can research climate on the five regions of the United States) [] (Wonderful website - students can research climates, learn the different time zones of their regions and much more) http://tiki.oneworld.net/global_warming/climate_home.html (Great resource for young students. Best part is that it offers translations in different languages for ESOL students!) http://www.nashua.edu/novakc/regions/region.htm (Provides valuable information on all of the five regions and it has a general information section as well.) http://www.nashua.edu/novakc/regions/newengland.htm (Provides a lot of useful information on the northeast region) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b18TDfk5Ppw (Video and song on different types of weather for children) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJSfmCofcYc&feature=related (How is the weather in English and Spanish) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ja4j4ltnRw&feature=related (The Weather Song)

Erica C: [] (Great Resource, a lot of worksheets and supplemental readings that we can incorporate and use) [] (Great video about Yosemite Park in California) [] (NatGeo Video about Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Lousiana) [] (Funny rap about 50 states, might be geared to an older audience) [] (Game, matching state's shapes) [] (check this one out for more games)

Greta: 1. Education Place [] This site provided a great interactive map for students to play with to see the different landforms that are present in the different regions of the United States.

2. Teacher Tube [] This particular link provided a video that presents the states in the southeast region of the United States. There are other videos on Teacher Tube that gives information about other regions.

3. ProTeacher [] This is a teacher’s resource community with different blogs about ideas for the classroom. The particular link is a blog where teachers discuss fun ideas to teach the regions of the United States to their students.

4. National Education Association [] This site has a 50 state booklist. There are books that have information or were written by author from every state.