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Math Continents – size and population graphs

This pathfinder was created to help students in grades 3-5 research the size and populations of the worlds 7 continents. The math goal for this project is to great several graphs showing the different continent sizes and their populations. The resources below will help the students to find the information needed to be successful in the creation of these graphs as well as understanding how the continents formed and how they are continually evolving in both size and population.

Iowa Core Curriculum Essential Concepts and Skills

Literacy
 * Content Standard 1: Students can comprehend what they read in a variety of literary and informational texts.

Science
 * Content Standard 1: Students can understand and apply skills used in scientific inquiry.

Math = · ﻿ Represent and analyze data using tallies, pictographs, tables, line plots, bar graphs, circle graphs, and line graphs ﻿  = = · Describe the distribution of the data using mean, median, and mode or range ﻿﻿  = = · Propose and justify conclusions and predictions based on data  = 21st Century Skills
 * Content Standard 1: Students can understand and apply a variety of math concepts.
 * Content Standard 4: Students can interpret data presented in a variety of ways.
 * Demonstrate initiative, creativity, self direction, and entrepreneurial thinking to produce successful outcomes.
 * Demonstrate productivity and accountability by producing quality work
 * Use technology recourses to create original products, identify patterns and problems, make predictions and propose solutions
 * Use technological resources to develop and refine questions for investigation
 * Apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.

Social Studies = · Understand the use of geographical tools to locate and analyze information about people, places, and environments. =
 * Understand the effects of geographic factors on historical events

Search Terms


 * 1. continents ||  2. South America  ||
 * 3. Earth ||  4. Antarctica  ||
 * 5. world ||  6. Australia  ||
 * 7. land boarders ||  8. Africa.  ||
 * 9. land forms ||  10. scientists  ||
 * 11. maps ||  12. moving plates  ||
 * 13. plate tectonics ||  14. geography  ||
 * 15. 200 million years ago ||  16. Continent ﻿﻿  ||
 * 17. Europe ||  18. Continent*﻿﻿  ||
 * 19. Asia ||  20. Continent* and population ﻿﻿  ||
 * 21. North America ||  22. “Continent* and population” (or) continent* AND population  ||

Dewey Call Numbers 420 Dictionaries 910 Explorers and Atlases 940-990 Countries and Continents

Reference Materials Needed

Scholastic Children’s Encyclopedia (Scolastic, 2004) 1v. Try this encyclopedia to start your search. Scholastic Children’s Encyclopedia has great illustrations to help you understand what you will be looking for. YR 031S

Grolier Student Encyclopedia (Grolier, 2004) 17v. This is another encyclopedia that will give you great information about the continents and their populations. Use the search words that are listed above. YR 031G

World Book Online / World Book Kids [|www.iowaaeaonline.org] Try several different search terms into this site to see what you get for the results. Try several different words together. The way you enter the words will change the results you get.

American Heritage Children’s Dictionary (Houghton-Mifflin, 2007;2009) 1v. This dictionary is going to give you statistics on the continents and their populations. It is very easy to use. YR 423A

Word Central (Merriam- Webster) [|www.wordcentral.com] Go to word central to find facts on continents and populations.

Merriam-Webster’s Primary Dictionary (Merriam-Webster, 2005) 1v. This dictionary will answer many questions that you may have about your subject of continents. You can use this to find the facts that you will need to start making your graphs. YR 423D

Newsmakers (Gale, 2009;2011) Newsmakers will help you to find information on people who have differing views on the formation of the continents and how the plate tectonics played a part in the sizes and formations of the land masses. REF CT 120.C663

Atlas of the World (National Geographic, 2005) 1v. Check out this atlas for information on the size of the continents for your graphs. REF G1021.N38

National Geographic World Atlas for Young Explorers (National Geographic, 2007) 1v. This atlas give a great wealth of information on the size of the continents in both the population and geographical sizes. YR 912N

Facts for Learning (weekly subscription) [|http://www.factsforlearning.com] The web site listed above will give you information on the continents as well as the populations and people.

AEA [|www.iowaaeaonline.org] Searchasaurus Searchasaurus will give you plenty of options to search your topic. You can do a term search or look at the pictures and see if that gives you any information.

Marshall Cavendish Digital [|http://marshallcavendishdigital.com] Use the category search: Geography and World Cultures then try the Title Searches to see what you can find.

Video on Continents and Maps [] Non Fiction Books The Continents, Wil Mara, Scholastic Books, 2005 910.914 Mar

The ABCs of continents, Bobbie Kalman, Crabtree, 2009 910.914 Kal Poetry about the Continents http://www.tooter4kids.com/classroom/continent_poems.htm

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Source #4 World Fact Book (CIA) Online [] Use this website to find some great facts to help you in your research. Source #5 Atlas Goode's World Atlas (Rand McNally, 2005) YR 912 G   This Atlas will guide you in the size and populations of the continents. Newspaper Article EBSCO Searchasuarus // POPULATION The world's population is [...] // Mail on Sunday, 1/24/2010 // [] // This article describes what the world population is. Magazine EBSCO Searchasuarus   · Periodical  [|A growing **//world//**.]  //U.S. News &// **// World //** //Report//, 8/29/94-9/5/94, Vol. 117 Issue 9, p12, 1/9p; Reading Level (Lexile):  [|**1090**]  ; (//AN 9408247501//   []   This article also talks about the size of the populations.