Posted by roundrocktechguy on March 18, 2008
Weekly Tech Tip
This weeks tech tip is can be used in Social Studies, LA, and Math.
Social Studies:
Visualgeography.com has pictures of interesting things from most if not all countries of the world. Such as this dish from the country of Haiti, in North America. 
Students can learn about other cultures by studying the pictures and notes that are on the page. Each countries map and flag is shown as well.
Would you have ever guessed that this picture 
could have been taken on the continent of Africa in the country of Ethiopia. How awesome is that!! I know I need to get out more. But I can’t, and neither can many of our students. That’s why this type of thing is so important.
LA:
I would have my students write compare contrast papers, express their surprise at commonalities, or even use the pictures as writing prompts. The writing assignments are endless when you begin to look at these pictures from around the world.
Math:
The site even gives statistics about each country. The students can do calculations comparing the countries, and charts showing different data. When I compared the US to Brazil I didn’t know how much alike in size we are.
U.S.A. is 1.1 times bigger than Brazil
U.S.A. has 1.6 times more inhabitants than BrazilU.S.A.Size: 9,631,418 sq km
Population: 298,444,215 inhabitantsBrazilSize: 8,511,965 sq km
Population: 188,078,227 inhabitants
I’m learning lots from this site and I’m sure your students can also! Leave a post and let me know how you use this in your classroom. Enjoy your Technology!
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