What's in a name?

Check out this map from National Geographic magazine and see the popularity of last names and where their ancestors came from. The key is in the lower right hand corner of the map.

March Madness Research

Search the Yahoo! Sports listing for your team. Click on the link to your team to find some information about it.

Then, go to Google to search for your university. See what you can learn from the university's website. (hint: search for your university with the word 'basketball.' Example: Wisconsin basketball)

Wonders of the World

See what you remember from yeseterday-visit the ancient wonders websites; then, create a post describing which wonder of the ancient world you would most like to visit and why. Use the format below:

Jim Johnson
SS-4
I would most like to visit the Hanging Gardens because...


Ancient Wonders of the World
Nova Ancient Wonders
Quia Ancient Wonders Games -- not working on all computers

New Wonders of the World
New Wonders of Modern World

Natural Wonders of the World
Wonders of North America

2nd Quarter Comm Arts CBA Practice

Practice Game and Quiz Try the practice game and then take the quiz.

References Quiz

References Quiz 2

Paragraph Quiz

Difficult Topic Sentence Quiz

Tough Figure of Speech Quiz

Grammar of Doom

Precipitation and Climate Graphing

You'll be creating one of two graphs: a precipitation graph comparing three cities' high and low temperatures, or a climate graph comparing two cities' high and low temperatures and monthly precipitation. To get you started, you should have chosen your cities from this list (in addition to Janesville, WI):

Northern Hemisphere
Tokyo, Japan
Toronto, Canada
Berlin, Germany

Southern Hemisphere
Sydney, Australia
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Pretoria, South Africa

Go to www.weather.com and type in your city name (include its country too) in the search box on the top left of the screen. The site is slow, SO BE PATIENT! Then, follow these directions:

1. In the large center graphic, click on the blue Month tab.
2. Scroll down to the bottom of the calendar of temperatures and click on Averages.
3. The averages screen will be a blank gray screen, asking you to install Adobe Flash Player. Don't do this. Instead, click Table Display at the top of the gray box.
4. You can now record your average high and low monthly temperatures (and precipitation if needed).
5. When you're done with this month, go back to the search box and repeat the process for your next city.

When you're done with all your data collection, you can do one of two things: late work for Social Studies, then one of the links on this website.