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GEOGRAPHY DAY
trekking through  infohio resources
INTERNET SEARCH
Go to the web site
http://terraserver-usa.com/place.aspx
Zoom in until you Find an aerial view of Fort Recovery High School
INTERNET SEARCH
Go to www.Google.com
Type in your phone number.
Then find a map to your house.
Then click on Yahoo or Mapquest to find a map to your house
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LOCATE BOOK
FRWE’S CAT
Locate the entry for Dogsong
Click on the URL link.
What site do you go to?
LOCATE A BOOK USING
frwe CATALOG
NEWSBANK NEWSPAPERS
Now find me the  pumpkin grown in Ohio that broke the Guinness Record.
How much did it weigh?
Who grew it?
When was it planted?
In Cincinnati Post—It‘s the great pumpkin”
NEWSBANK
Find me an article about the canals running through Ohio
From the Lima News Newspaper
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BRITANNICA ONLINE
What is the game of Jai alai?
What countries play this sport?
MERRIAM WEBSTER’S DICTIONARY
Find the definition the following words
Oasis
Alpine
Savanna
Britannica Online
Search for “Alabama”
Click on the table icon, then state nicknames and symbols
What is this state’s 3 nicknames?
BRITANNICA ONLINE
BROWSE SEARCH
Alphabetical browse search
In Britannica Student
Find me the 5th topic above Bermuda!
Give me 1 fact about this place.
BRITANNICA ONLINE
VIDEO CLIP
Look at the video clip of Pompidou.
Why is the controversy over this?
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Sirs Discoverer
 Photo Essay
Find a picture of the route Lewis and Clark followed
Get signature!
Sirs Discoverer
Photo Essay
Find a picture of
Ancient Chinese flutes.
Get signature
SIRS DISCOVERER
WORLD ALMANAC
Answer the following questions & give the location Where is the…
Deepest cave?
Highest waterfall?
SIRS DISCOVERER
WORLD ALMANAC
Tell me why Venus is the hottest planet even though it is farther way from the sun than Mercury?
SIRS DISCOVERER
WORLD ALMANAC
Name the Roller Coaster & location
The fastest roller coaster
The tallest one?
The longest one?
SIRS DISCOVERER
Pizza is a favorite food of Italy
Tell me what Malaysia tops their pizza with?
SIRS DISCOVERER
COUNTRY FACTS
Tell me what continent Zimbabwe lies?
Name 2 languages besides English that are spoken there
SIRS DISCOVERER Maps of the World
Name all 6 interstates
That run through the state of Ohio.
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EBSCOHOST
Click on Current Events
Find the article about the tallest sky scraper?
Where is it located?
How tall is it?
How fast do the elevators move?
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OXFORD REFERENCE ONLINE
Click on Modern Languages
Click on the Oxford French Dictionary
Find me a French word associated with Halloween--the word, “eerie”
OXFORD REFERENCE ONLINE
Click on Handbook of the World under the General Reference Tab.
What 3 languages are spoken in the country of Egypt?
You find the
INFOHIO resource!
Find me 5 countries starting with the letter “A.”
YOU FIND THE SOURCE
Tell me how to count from 1-5 in Italian!
UNITED POSTAL SERVICE
Go to
http://www.usps.com/zip4/citytown_zip.htm
Find me the zip codes of
New London, OH
Belpre, OH
FIND THE DISTANCE
Go to URL
http://www.indo.com/distance/
Ft. Recovery to Toledo, OH
Ft. Recovery to Washington, D.C.
What is FR’s population?
What is Fr’s elevation?
LAST SURVIVOR CHALLENGE
INFOHIO at home!
What is the username?
What is the password?
INTERNET GAME
Go to Geo-Spy web site: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geospy/
Play the game