Texas Road Trip

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Texas Road Trip
An Seventh Grade Pathfinder
 

You are going on a road trip through Texas, the largest state in the lower forty-eight.

  • Beginning in Georgetown, you will plan a trip of your choice, visiting various cities around the state and traveling a total of 2,500 miles.

  • Estimate the time between your destination and actual mileage.

  • For each city that you visit you must collect information on the elevation, natural resources, state parks, industries, cultural sites, and other points of interest.

  • You must locate rivers, lakes and other major physical characteristics on a map.

  • You must also determine regional information on soil type, vegetation, temperature, climate and rainfall.

  • Since Texas is still experiencing significant growth you will compare the population of your cities from 1850 to 2000.

  • You will keep a trip log recording the number of miles you travel each day, how many hours you travel, the number of days it takes to make your journey, and the coordinates (the latitude and longitude) of each city that you visit.

  • You will contribute to a large poster that includes a measurement scale, and a legend or key.

Below you will find links to a variety or resources, some in print but most are from the Internet. Please use these sources as they have been specifically chosen to help you complete this assignment.

 

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Books
 

To view a list of books that contain information on places in Texas that are available in the library go to Destiny. In the sidebar on the left, click on "Resource Lists." Click the tab marked "Public Lists", then click the "View" button to see "Texas Road Trip."

You should also refer to your textbook.

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Internet Resources

Electronic Databases

World Book Click the "Explore Texas" tab at the top. In the sidebar on the left look for "A Guide to Texas," "Places to Visit," "Annual Events," and "Cities" to find information on places that you might like to visit on your road trip. See also map.

Britannica Search on "Texas" to find another map.


 

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Internet Resources

Websites

New Handbook of Texas history of cities and counties in Texas

Texas Almanac statistics including population

Texas Online cities (population), environment and natural resources, travel and recreation

Texas State Park Guide parks and historic sites by region

Texas Mileage Guide calculate mileage between cities in Texas

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Keywords

  • Names of Texas cities
  • Names of landmarks, parks, etc.
  • Points of interest
  • Climate
  • Population
  • Natural resources

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Dewey Numbers

  • 917.64 Geography of Texas
  • 976.4 History of Texas

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Citation

Citations are the formal method for giving credit to source materials--print, electronic, or online. Citation help is provide within many programs.

Destiny: Student may view the "Texas Road Trip" list in "Resource Lists" and click the  "Create Citation List" to get correct bibliographic information. Students may copy this list to a Word document and save it in the home folder.

World Book has citation information at the end of the article. Students may copy these to their Word document being sure to check for correct formatting.

Citation Machine and KnightCite are online tools for creating citations. Choose the template that corresponds to the resource type. Use this to cite information from websites.

This Style Manual gives examples of citations for various types of materials.

 

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This page last updated 14 October 2009

 

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