3rd-4th+gr+US+Regions+Projects

__**Description:**__ This was a collaborative project between **Ms. Frachetti**, teacher-librarian and 3rd-4th grade teachers: **Ms. Beckwith** and **Mrs. Gasamis**. Students were organized into research groups according to the 5 geographic regions of the U.S. (**Northeast**, **Southeast**, **Midwest**, **Southwest** and **West**). Each group researched the following categories of topics for their region:
 * 3rd and 4th Grades U.S. Regions Road Trip Research Project **
 * 1)** Geography (landforms, landmarks, weather, animals/habitats;
 * 2****)** Economy (resources, industry, imports/exports;
 * 3)** Culture (people, traditions, food, art, music);
 * 4)** Issues (currents events, history, natural disasters common in area).

Each student chose one topic for their region to research and report on. Then, students were asked to choose a "location" to report from and use keyword searching strategies to find an appropriate image to represent their location. Students learned how to save their images from //Google// or //Bing// to their own folder on the Roberts server. Then, students were filmed using Photobooth software in front of a "green screen" so their location pictures could be projected behind them as though they were reporting "on location."


 * US Regions Road Trip Videos: **
 * When you click the play button, the video will play from the beginning. It just appears to be set in the middle. Please be patient, it may take a few minutes to load! **


 * **HR Teacher/Grade ** || **School Year ** || **Video Presentation ** ||
 * ** Mrs. Gasamis **
 * 3rd Grade ** || ** 2011-2012 ** || media type="custom" key="25664966" ||
 * ** Ms. Beckwith **
 * 4th Grade ** || ** 2011-2012 ** || media type="custom" key="25664968" ||