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Adventures in Time and Place
Grade 4: Pennsylvania
Infographic #1: Where Are Pennsylvania’s Resources?
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1. Corn is one of the agricultural products grown in Pennsylvania. Explore these kernels of information about corn! Go to Amish Country News: Crazy for Corn!
http://www.amishnews.com/featurearticles/crazycorn.htm

  • Read the page.
  • Learn about corn in Pennsylvania.

Online Activity: A Corn Acronym
Use each word or pair of words below in a sentence that tells a fact about corn. Find the facts at the Web site.



   Preserving    

   Ears    

   Native Americans    

   Nutritious    

   Soup    

   Yield    

   Labyrinth    

   Varieties    

   Amish    

   Natural food    

   Important    

   Animals    


2. See some of Pennsylvania’s amazing natural treasures. Go to Pennsylvania Minerals.
http://www.pennminerals.com/museum.htm

  • Have you ever seen these minerals?
  • Examine the pictures and read about the minerals.
Offline Activity: Mineral Mapping
Choose a mineral. Draw it and label it. Write three sentences that describe the mineral and tell where it is found in Pennsylvania.

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