This is a great site with interesting stories about Florida’s culture, people, and history. Explore this website and write a paragraph about a person, activity, or place you discovered.

Draw a sketch from this map to keep in your Tangerine folder. We will use it to follow Paul's route to his new home and for other activities. How wide is the Florida peninsula? How is it possible that no location in Florida is more than 20 miles from open water?

This article provides a lot of interesting facts about lightning and safety, including information about Florida. Myths about lightning are explained, too. Draw a sketch to illustrate a fact about lightning that surprised you

Read this news article about the drop in juice sales since the low-carbohydrate push and with a partner write a radio commercial to encourage people to drink more citrus juice. Be ready to perform for our next class.

This is an article about the threat of muck fires from a Daytona beach newspaper. Read this article. Write a letter to an imaginary friend in Florida comparing the muck fires in Florida to the fires we are more familiar with living in Colorado