Route to Orlando, Florida

Here is our route from Kalamazoo, Michigan to Sunrise Elementary School in Orlando, Florida. https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=211977245826954735012.0004faa8012f46a87a105&msa=0
http://goo.gl/maps/bmx9i
We decided that we would use this map to explain to our students the different climates that different areas of the United States have. We would show the students that in less than a day, the climate, the types of plants that can live there, and what time of year that plants can grow changes drastically. With the map we can work with the students to understand climate change and how it affects the vegetables that we are trying to grow.
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Virtual PenPals Link

Here is the link to our Virtual PenPals Description
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F-DcAMbuDwHChumjNh6y1lEBodk729_AhIhoceQGWe4/edit?usp=sharing

Virtual PenPals

Hello group, I was thinking that we could have our class compare and contrast the vegetables in their area with the vegetables in the area of other students. I was thinking that maybe we could do somewhere where there aren't seasons or somewhere where it is either always cold or always hot. My thoughts were Antarctica or Africa. Let me know what you think and we can narrow down the results to pick a place.

Website Evaluations

I was thinking that we should try and find some informative websites as well as some interactive websites if we could. Let me know what websites you are evaluating and I will do the same. I wrote up a few evaluations on the following websites:
http://www.nourishinteractive.com/nutrition-education-printables/category/9-kids-gardening-growing-healthy-food

http://www.gardeningwithchildren.co.uk/school-zone/national-curriculum/  http://urbanext.illinois.edu/firstgarden/  I hope you like what I chose and if they help you out with your lesson planning you are certainly welcome to use them.

Lesson Plan

Hey group! For my lesson I am going to have my students create their own little garden in a paper towel tube, and teach them the plant life cycle! Good luck with your lessons :)
-Ciera

Concept Map

Big Idea!

Hi, I was wondering what you guys were thinking about for the big idea. The concept map is due this weekend, so I was just curious about what you thought was a good idea. I think planting a flower or vegetable garden would be a good big project. Just let me know. Thanks