Students may choose any colors they like for the continents except blue. It may help some students to outline the continents before coloring the oceans.
You can explore with students the weather at the Frazier Park School in Pine Mountain Club, California.

You may want to explain to students who General Sherman and General Grant were. Ask students why they think the trees were named after these Civil war Generals. For more information on the role of Sherman and Grant in California history, visit the San Francisco Museum.
More on the role of General Sherman More on the role of General Grant You can use this Web page to locate California National Parks in your area. Find out more about Sequoia National Park.

Explain to students that if an animal becomes extinct, it means there are no more of them. That is one thing Rachel Carson worried about. If an animal becomes extinct, we cannot bring it back. We would never see it again.