Springtime means travel. Here’s a fun prize to share with your class: the Where on Earth? Atlas from DK and The Airport Book from Roaring Brook Press. Both are brand new!
How can you win? Submit a comment to this blog by 11:59 pm EDT on April 11, 2017, and let us know where your dream vacation would take you. One lucky teacher will be randomly selected to win these books.
Grab your passport; here are some fun—and free—travel-themed resources to share with your students.
Before you hit the road, you have to plan. That’s where ScribbleMaps.com comes in. At this site, you can create an interactive map—draw shapes, circle important areas, add text, etc. Study your own neighborhood or study the world. It’s all free.
This year National Parks are free on certain days—including the weekends of April 15–16 and 22–23, the National Park Service birthday on August 25, National Public Lands Day on September 30, and Veterans Day weekend on November 11–12. Learn more at nps.gov/planyourvisit/fee-free-parks.htm.
Looking for a trip your whole class can take, with no permission slips required? Try a Skype virtual field trip. Visit a research station in Antarctica, an alpaca ranch in Maryland, a farm in Kenya, a nature reserve in California, and many other locations. Join in at skypeintheclassroom.com.
Submit a comment to this blog post for a chance at this week’s prize!
See you in Barcelona,
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PS: Ready for more prizes? Contests are still open for my posts Simply Amazing and The Leprechaun Called—He Has Your Prize. Enter now!
London and Switzerland
London and Australia
Australia. . .wide open spaces. . .like the Mid-West/West was at the time of the pioneers!
The Bahamas or Jamaica.
Children’s Atlas books are a HUGE hit in my class. Students love ‘decoding’ all of the map keys and challenging one another to locate specific places on maps using the compass rose!
Keep up the great work!
Switzerland and Paris
Spring is a time for traveling…my husband and myself are vacationing all over Europe in April. So much to say and and show my class on our return.
I would love to visit the ancient relics in Greece!
Hawaii
I would love to visit the Holy Land (Israel).
I would love to go to Australia. Oh the things there I would love to see.
Would love to go to Austria and visit the places of the Von Trapp family
I just moved in July form Vermont to Arizona. Over break a colleague and I went to see the Gran Canyon (it’s name does not do it justice). I need to show my ELL and struggling readers where in the world are they.
My dream vacation would take me to Alaska…during the summer….have some family there to see as well!
The Grand Canyon and the Redwood Forest!
Andorra or Ireland, in the states Washington or Vermont.
I would love to go to Australia. Koala is my favorite animal, opals are beautiful, and the Opera House. So much fabulous things to see!
Australia! I would love to hold a koala 🙂
Ukraine! Most of my students are from Ukraine.
I would love to go back to Ireland and visit some of the historical churches and castles. The kids at my center love looking at the pictures and books that I brought back. Scotland would be my second place to go.
East or West
The New England Cost or The Grand Canyon
England or Hawaii
Heading to Cancun tomorrow, to recharge my battery
Lazy days in the Sun! Oh so much fun!
Branson MO. My husband and I are going to Cancun as my husband won a trip at work.
Yellowstone!