Assignment 7 (7th and 8th Grade), Assignment 9 (6th Grade): Planet Earth Exposed!, Part 2: New York City Wildlife

Oceans, grasslands, and rain forests aren’t the only place with wildlife, New York City has it too!

1. Watch the slideshow below to see some of New York City’s wildlife:

2. Now, pick a habitat below and watch the slideshow.




3. Next, use Kidspiration to draw the habitat you chose for its animals.
Click HERE to see how to use Kidspiration for this project.

4. Finally, put your Kidspiration on your blog and explain why you chose to create it the way you did.
Click HERE to see how to put your Kidspiration on your blog.

Assignment 6 (7th and 8th Grade), Assignment 8 (6th Grade): Planet Earth Exposed!, Part 1

1. Get ready to see some incredible videos of nature.  Choose 3:

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Birds
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Fox and Ducks
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Grass
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Rainforest
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Shallow Seas
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Sharks

2. Now answer the following questions in your blog:

a) Describe the environments shown in the videos you chose. What plants or animals lived there?
b) How are the places you saw different from the nature we have in New York City?  How, if at all, are they similar?
c) Of the environments you saw, which were the most interesting?  If you could travel to one, which would it be and why?

–> Click HERE to see an example


Assignment 3 (7th and 8th Grade), Assignment 5 (6th Grade): Photo Inspired Poetry, Part 1

Pick a pic by clicking below.  Write a poem based on what it makes you think about…

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7th & 8th Graders: Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

Are you an amazing artist or a talented writer?  Judging from a lot of the work I’ve seen from you, the answer is “yes”. Scholastic is having a contest for young artists and writers to show off their talents.  Winners will have their work published in the magazine SparkClick Here for more info.  Either way, check out Spark, it has really cool work from teens.

Click below to see a video of some of the artists who received awards


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