The document provides instructions for a student final project called "The Amazing Race" where students choose 5 cities across 3 continents, research tasks to complete in each location, and create an itinerary, journal entries, and postcards. It outlines the steps as choosing locations from an atlas, determining their locations and distances on a map, and considering activities for each city.

1. May 17, 2013
Use the atlas to find 1 city
outside of the United
States that you’d like to
visit.

2. The Amazing Race
• http://www.cbs.com/shows/amazi
ng_race/video/

3. Final Project –
The Amazing Race
• Choose 5 cities in the world
• Locations must be on 3 different
continents
• Research & choose tasks to
complete in all locations

4. Final Project
• You will be
–Completing an itinerary (schedule
of places to visit)
• Journal Entry for each location
• Post cards from each location

6. Today’s Task
• Choose your 5 locations (using the atlas)
• Determine their absolute & relative
location
• Show your locations on the map
• Find the distance between each place
using the scale and a ruler
• When you are done, use the atlas to find
out what places you might want to visit

7. May 20, 2013
• Today, we will be learning about
our 5 cities
• Think about this: What do you
want to do there?

8. Symbaloo

9. TO DO LIST:
1. Finish Friday’s paper
2. Check L&L & find distances
3. Bring paper to Mrs. Creath
4. Complete “Locations Profile”
5. Bring papers to Mrs. Creath

11. Take out your
Final Project papers