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Adventures in Time and Place
Grade 4: Mississippi
Infographic #1: Where Are Mississippi’s Resources?
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1. One of Mississippi's resources is fish. Learn how catfish go from ponds to your plate! For the whole story go to the farming process.
http://www.aquaprocorp.com/farming.htm

  • Do you enjoy eating catfish?
  • Read about how catfish are raised and prepared for eating.

Online Activity: From Pond to Plate
The sentences below describe the steps of the process you have just read about. Put 1 in front of the step that comes first. Then put 2, 3, 4, and 5 in front of the steps that follow.



       The newly hatched fish, called sac fry, swim in special areas until they are 4 to 6 inches long. Then they are moved to large catfish ponds.

       Eggs are collected and taken to special hatcheries. The eggs hatch after seven days.

       Before the fish are shipped to stores and restaurants, they are checked by U.S. Government inspectors.

       The catfish are cleaned and frozen. They are sold in many different ways—whole fish, steaks, and in pre-cooked dishes.

       After 18 months, when the fish weigh about 1.5 pounds, they are harvested from the ponds in large nets. The fish are taken alive in special tank trucks to a processing plant.


2. Make a map that shows Mississippi’s resources. Go to Mississippi Field Trips.
http://teacherexchange.mdek12.state.ms.us/new/resources/regionm.html

  • Click Flatwoods and read the page. What do you learn about the region's resources?
  • Click the Back arrow, and then click another region. Look for information about what grows or is produced there.
  • Read about each of the regions of Mississippi in the same way.
  • From any regional page, click For Fun and then 125 Fun Trivia Facts. Look for more clues about Mississippi's products and industries
Offline Activity: A Fabulous Field Trip
Draw a map showing the regions of Mississippi. Using what you learned from the Web sites and in class or at the library, label each region with the resources found in that area.

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