January Extra Credit

This is the first chance for extra credit that my second semester students have. What you need to do is answer the questions below and put your answers on a 3x5 note card. Be sure to put your name on note card! Each CORRECT answer is worth two extra credit points for a possible total of ten extra credit points. Here are the questions:

1- Which landlocked country is the most densely populated of the former Soviet republics?

2 - Panaji, known for its Portuguese architecture, is the capital of which Indian state located on the Arabian Sea?

3. The Mano River forms part of the border between Liberia and which country to its northwest?

4 - On which Japanese island, located south of Sakhalin Island, can you find the city of Sapporo?

5 - Elat, the southernmost port city in Israel, is located on which gulf?

As I said earlier, put the correct answers on a 3x5 note card and hand it in by the end of the week of January 31st. Good luck!

Welcome New Sections!

Hey gang! Welcome to World Geography. I hope you enjoy this course and that you can take something from it as you work your way towards 8th grade. Take some time to explore the blog and try some of the practice quizzes on the left hand side of the screen. Also, your table of contents, homework, and summary of what we did each day can also be found here. If you have any questions, please let me know. Thanks and enjoy!

Create Your Island Winner

Our overall winner for the Create Your Island project was the group Schelb. Fantastic job ladies!!

Section Winners for Create Your Own Island Project

These are the individual section winners for our Create Your Own Island Projects. Great job to each group!

End of Semester Success

I REALLY enjoyed having you all this first semester. I sure wish that I could have had you all for another two marking periods but to Science you must go on. Here are some interesting stats as you leave. The first day of World Geography, you took a 50 States Pretest and a Countries of the World Pretest. Below are the before and after results...

50 States Pretest
Period 2 - 15.39/50 average
Period 4 - 15.61/50 average
Period 8 - 16.87 / 50 average

January 50 States Test (final test)
Period 2 - 44.3/50 average
Period 4 - 41.2/50 average
Period 8 - 42.15/50 average

Countries of the World Pretest
Period 2 - 7 out of 20 average
Period 4 - 8 out of 20 average
Period 8 - 7 out of 20 average

Countries of the World Post-test
Period 2 - 15 out of 20 average
Period 4 - 14 out of 20 average
Period 8 - 15 out of 20 average

What does this all mean??? Well, it means that we did something right! Your class averages for the 50 States Tests were phenominal and the Countries of the World Post-test were fantastic as well. I hope you all enjoyed the course. If you ever need anything, stop by Room 215 and let me know.

Take Care
Mr. Lawhead

Video of the Week - January 17th

This video made me laugh!! Watch out for Bears!

Create Your Island Reminder

Hey gang! As you enjoy your Monday off, please remember that your final projects will be due on WEDNESDAY.

WEDNESDAY!!!!!!

Make sure that you are ready to go on Tuesday because you have quite a bit of work to complete that day. Any questions, please let me know.

Got the Geography Bee?

Think you can do better than Yazzy our school winner of the Geography Bee? Here is the national website where you can take some sample quizzes and answer questions.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee/

Good luck!

Awesome layup for the tie

From Saturday night....Mike Duffy drives the lane, finishes, and makes the free throw with no time left to give us a HUGE win against Delone!!! Hard work pays off!

More Chris Farley Videos

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/categories/chris-farley/2243/

Click the above link if you'd like to see any other Chris Farley videos....WARNING: there is a little bit of language in some of the videos. Don't watch if you are easily offended by language.

Otherwise, Enjoy!

It Begins...

The Battleball Reading Challenge has begun! I'm very excited for this and hope that you all participate. It is a great way to get into reading and throw a ball at someone! Start counting those pages.

RyanL Represents

Congrats to Ryan on representing Team 4 and Room 215 during the school-wide Geography Bee. Ryan finished in 2nd place.....AWESOME job.

January Extra Credit

Here it is.....LAST CHANCE EXTRA CREDIT.

Each correct answer is worth two extra credit points for a possible grand total of 10. Put your answers on a 3x5 notecard and hand to me by next Friday. Here are the questions:

1. Punta Arenas is an important Chilean port located on what strait?

2. What landlocked country, home to the great bend of the Niger River, is one of Africa's top cotton exporters?

3. Which Russian exclave was formerly a part of Germany?

4. The historic city centers of Camaguey and Cienfuegos are World Heritage sites in which Caribbean country?

5. Lake Garda is the largest lake in which country that includes the Lombardy Plain?

GOOD LUCK!!

Cool Website

Mr. Sgrignoli just passed along a really cool website for online quizzes and games. It is:

http://www.jetpunk.com

Take a look and give it a shot. Maybe we will do a few in class or COLT. Enjoy and let me know what you think.

Happy New Year

Hard to believe another new year is upon us. 2011!!!! Wow! Anyway, here is a view of the celebration from a few spots around the world. Enjoy.