Kindergarten Busy Bees
Mrs. Maycock and Mrs. Makrides, Beekeepers
SUMMER PROJECT
LEARN ABOUT GEORGIAThis page lists your four assignments for this summer, one every two weeks. Ask your mom or dad to help you. The websites will provide you with all the information you will need. You might even be able to visit some of these Georgia sites as a family! At the end of the summer, email your answers to my school email address: maycock@fulton.k12.ga.us
For those who respond by August 8th, a special surprise will be waiting for you at Open House in my Kindergarten classroom. Come tell me about your Georgia summer web adventure!
Time and Topic Assignment June 1-15: Georgia Symbols
Name 5 of Georgia's state symbols, including the state insect.
www.50states.com
June 16-30: Natural Georgia
Name Georgia's: highest waterfall, highest point, deepest gorge, warmest springs, land of the trembling earth.
www.gastateparks.org (geography), www.okefenokee.com
July 1-July 15: Georgia's Native Americans
What is the name of the old Cherokee capital city? What was the name of the Cherokee newspaper? How many earthen mounds are there at Etowah Indian Mounds Historic Site? How many earthen mounds are there at Kolomoki Mounds Historic Park? Where does Fort Mountain State Park get its name?
New Echota
www.georgiastateparks.org
July 16-31: Places to visit
Where can you find: the best-preserved fort in Georgia, the oldest lighthouse in Georgia, the largest triple-loop coaster in North America, the chicken capital of the world, an observatory to view the stars?
www.nps.gov/fopu/index.htm
www.georgia.org/tourism
(Kids Pages - Georgia Facts - Stuff To Do - Georgia's Coast - Metro Atlanta)
fsc.fernbank.edu/Facilities/Observatory
Respond by August 8th at this email address!
Come by and see me at Open House!
August 8, 2008
8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
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