This post can also be found on the Our World, Our Numbers blog. Along with this information about U.S. landmarks, you’ll also be able to learn about landmarks from other countries around the world. Check back next week as each class posts about a new topic!
Welcome to Avery’s U.S. Tours! We’ll be your guides today as we take you across the United States to some of its most historic, famous landmarks. So, buckle your seat belts, hold on to your hats, and enjoy the journey!
Okay, well, if we were really able to take you across the United States to see all of our amazing landmarks, that’s probably how we’d start our tour. Since we’re unable to though, we’ll instead share them with you on here!
Did you know that you can tie math into every landmark? You can try to determine how old they are. You can try to figure out how tall they are. You can try to calculate how much area they take up. You could determine what shapes they’re made out of. It’s incredible how math is tied into almost anything you can think of!
We created a presentation to share some of our landmarks with you. Throughout the presentation there are different math questions based upon the facts. See if you can find the answer to some of the problems. Share the problem you tried as well as your answer down in the comment section!
This presentation is slightly different to ones you may be used to. In this presentation, you can sometimes navigate down, to the right, to the left, or up. You’ll see four blue arrows in the bottom-right hand corner of our presentation. If an arrow is dark blue, it means that you can move the presentation in that direction. You can use your mouse, the arrow keys on your keyboard, or if you’re on a tablet, swipe in the direction you want to move. Start by moving to the right, read the first slide, and then move down to find out the answer! Continue moving to the right to work through the entire thing!
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Dear Mr. Avery’s students,
What a great way to present information! I have not seen rotating cube style before. Was it hard to make? If my students wanted to try it, where would they go for more information?
These are some great landmarks. I have been to quite a few of them. I especially like the ones in Washington, DC.
We have one on your list in our area. Do you know which one? It was built for the 1962 World’s Fair. Inside there is even a rotating restaurant. In an hour you have 360 degree view of our city….if it’s not cloudy, that is! Do you know which landmark it is?
If you have time, try reading Ben’ Dream which is all about world landmarks. How many will you recognize?
From,
Mrs. Hembree
Dear Mr. Avery,
I have not been to any of those monuments but I would like to in the future. My sister is in the marines. When she was in boot camp at Parris Island NC I saw the Iwo Gama monument. It was really cool but I doubt it was the original.
From,
Ben W.
Dear Mr. Avery,
I have visted several of those monuments. One other monument I have visited is not on the mainland US. I visited the U.S.S Arizona at Pearl Harbor as well as other ships there. I also met three veterans of World War Two as well as survivors of the attack. Did you know the Arizona is still leaking oil?
Sincerley,
Christian
Techie Kids
Dear Christian,
Hi I’m Aiden from Mr. Avery’s Class. That is really cool that you have visited alot of those landmarks. I would really like to visit some landmarks.
Thanks for checking our class blog out.
Aiden C
Dear Mr. Avery,
I have visted several of those monuments. One other monument I have visited is not on the mainland US. I visited the U.S.S Arizona at Pearl Harbor as well as other ships there. I also met three veterans of World War Two as well as survivors of the attack. Did you know the Arizona is still leaking oil?
Sincerley,
Christian
Techie Kids
Dear Mr. Avery and class,
I love to look at the US landmarks! To see memorials dedicated to famous people in history, to remember those who have given their lives for our country, and for our courageous presidents. I had the honor to visit Washington D.C. two years ago in sixth grade because of a National Young Leaders Conference, and while I was there I was able to see The Licoln Memorial, The Jefferson Monument, The White House, The Capital of the U.S., the Vietnam Memorial, The Koren War Memorial, and I also was able to visit the Maryland Science Center (where we got to spend the night)! It was really fun, have any of your students (or you) been to D.C.? And if so what was their favorite memorial?
Have a nice day!
Sincerely,
Keegan
Techie Kids
Dear Mr. Avery,
I got a little confused with navigating the slides. I think that there have been 28 presidents since Abraham Lincoln, but I might have done the math wrong.
– Anna K.