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Grade 5  
Unit 4: Investigate!
An Island Scrapbook
by Virginia Wright-Frierson
Internet Connection Activity
Medicinal Plants    Cultural Perspectives
A Sampling of Medicinal Herbs in the Applegate Valley
Connect to this link:
http://www.mind.net/app/planthom.htm


  1. Read the opening page.

  2. Click and read California Poppy.

  3. Click Plants to return to the opening page.

  4. Select and read about the other plants on the list.

Folk Medicine
Connect to this link:
http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/hot/blkhist.html#folkmed


  1. Read the first paragraph under Folk Medicine.

  2. Write a brief summary of where the Black American Folk Medicine beliefs came from.

  3. Read through the various "Natural" remedies.

  4. List the three most interesting remedies and summarize how these remedies were thought to help people.

  5. Does your family have any "natural" remedies? If so, list them. If not, make some natural remedies up. How does your family cure the hiccups?

Internet Connection Activity
Barrier Islands    Find Out More
Barrier Islands
Connect to this link:
http://www.bgivb.com/0_BARRIER.html


  1. Read the opening page and definition of a barrier island.

  2. Then, click and read Brunswick.

  3. Click Lore and then Sand Dunes, Spanish Moss, The Marshes of Glynn, and How Brunswick Named Its Streets.

  4. If time permits, explore another barrier island.

Zones of Barrier Islands
Connect to this link:
http://science.howstuffworks.com/barrier-island1.htm


  1. Read the information about barrier islands. Observe the diagrams and the explanation of each zone of a barrier island.

  2. On a piece of paper, draw a diagram of a typical barrier island. Label each zone in the diagram. List the zones under the diagram and describe each zone.

  3. Click on Barrier-Island Ecology. Read about each of the habitats that are found on barrier islands. Make a chart using each habitat as a heading. Under each heading list two facts from the web page about each habitat.

Internet Connection Activity
Islands    Leveled Books
Animals on Islands
Connect to this link:
http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-islands.html


  1. Read the information about ecosystems of an island. Name three types of habitats that might be a part of an island.

  2. Locate the left navigation bar. Click on the Tasmanian Devil link. Create a word web with "Tasmanian Devil" as the topic word. Add to the word web by answering the following questions: On what island can you find a Tasmanian Devil? In what type habitat does it live?

  3. Read the information about Tasmanian devils. Add five more words or facts about Tasmanian devils to your word web.

Hawaii’s Climate
Connect to this link:
http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/summary/climsmhi.html


  1. Find the Honolulu Observatory on the map. Click on it.

  2. In complete sentences, answer the following questions on a separate piece of paper:
    -What is the average maximum temperature in February?
    -How much does it rain in July?
    -What is the hottest month of the year?

  3. Click on Daily Temp. & Precip. under 1971-2000. Looking at the information collected over a thirty year period, when would you say that Honolulu’s rainy season normally falls?