Carlsbad Finale and Bugdom

1. Take the Carlsbad Quiz

2. Finish your Carlsbad brochure.

3. When you're done with your brochure and you have your teacher's permission, you may play Bugdom. Fill up the computers in the back so you do not disturb the students who are still working on their brochures.

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This and That

1. Punctuate This

2. Dance Mat Typing

3. Make sure your checklist is accurate and print out a test copy of your brochure.

4. Area and Perimeter

5. Multiplication

Finish Those Brochures!!!

1. Use your checklist and figure out what you have done and what you need to finish with your brochure.

2. Complete your brochure if possible and get it signed by your teacher.

3. Then you can . . .

3a. Answer Mrs. Maldonado's question.

3b. Write a blog entry.

3c. Do level one and level two of the perimeter activities

3d. Crossnumber puzzle

Wrap Up

1. Look at Miranda's QuickTime about Cave Formations

2. Watch a video about Carlsbad Caverns

3. Look at yesterday's entry to make sure you have what you need for your brochure. Add pictures. If you still have space, you can add a section about bats.

4. If you've finished with your second page of your brochure, answer Mrs. Maldonado's question, then write a blog entry telling what you've learned.

Day Four: Ketchup ... er, I mean, Catch Up!

Today, we're going to concentrate on finishing getting all the information you need in your brochure.

Make sure you have box for:

* Cave formations

* Location

* History (who discovered it and when)

* Inside the Cave (Climate, Size, Description - including the Big Room)

* How the Caverns were Formed

First make sure you have notes for all of that information. If you need more information, look at the National Park Service website, National Parks Traveler and Wikipedia. For more information on formations, go to here. For information about bats, look here.

Day Three: Making a Map

1. Go to Maptrop and put markers for El Paso and Carlsbad Caverns.

2. Take a picture of the map (shift,  and 4 at the same time).

3. Open your brochure, make a new text box and title it Location. Drag the picture file into the brochure and resize it as needed.


When you're finished, make sure you're finished entering in the information about formations and adding pictures. Add new text boxes for other categories of notes that you take.

Formation information can be found here.

Additional information about Carlsbad Caverns can be found at the National Park Service website, National Parks Traveler and Wikipedia.

Day Two - Pictures

After you've finished writing about the formations, raise your hand and your teacher will check to see if what you've written is sufficient. If it is, she will add you to the list. Start working on your other sections.

Mr. Mattson will work with groups of 4-6 to show them how to work with photos. Here are the basic steps:

1. Open up iPhoto. Look for a shared library with Carlsbad Pictures. Drag the ones that illustrate the formations you put in your brochure into your iPhoto Library.

2. When you've found your pictures, open iPhoto. Trim the pictures to focus on the part you're trying to show. Rename the pictures.

3. In Keynote, open the Media Browser and drag each picture you need into your brochure. Resize the picture.

If you need to find more information about the formations, go to this webpage.