Miner Chapter 1
Miner, Chapter 1
The Child of the Grassy Plain
Kansas has an extensive prehistoric history that dates back millions of years when its vast golden prairies were large seas that were stocked with prehistoric fish that we now find their skeletons locked in the rocks of time.
One of the most unique features of Kansas is its weather. With the cool air flowing south from Canada and the warm air coming north from the Gulf of Mexico and meeting over Kansas produces some very unusual weather patterns. The word Kansas means “people of the South winds.” Kansas people experience extreme heat, bitter cold, strong winds, heavy rain, high snow and of course the devastating tornado’s. But, through all this millions of people call Kansas home and appreciate the golden rolling prairies.
Kansas is geographically located in the center of the United States, comprising of some fifty million acres of some of the richest farmland in the nation. It is some 250 miles from North to South and almost 450 miles East to West. It is also geographically located in the center of North America.
Kansas has many natural resources, two of which are the rich farmland and oil. It is best known however as the wheat capital of the world.
Long thought of as a flat land, Kansas is in fact a gradual incline from East to West. The lowest point being some 700 feet above sea level along the Eastern boarder to the West where it is up to 4000 feet above sea level.
The first Kaleidoscope magazine this year was based on the geography of Kansas. I have lived here all of my life and I was amazed to learn some of these same facts that the book talked about. I truly think that our students need to learn more about the land in which they live so that they can feel a lot of pride in where they come from. I would use these ideas and have the kids get together and make up a fact game about the geography of Kansas. They always seem to learn the best through games!
The Child of the Grassy Plain
Kansas has an extensive prehistoric history that dates back millions of years when its vast golden prairies were large seas that were stocked with prehistoric fish that we now find their skeletons locked in the rocks of time.
One of the most unique features of Kansas is its weather. With the cool air flowing south from Canada and the warm air coming north from the Gulf of Mexico and meeting over Kansas produces some very unusual weather patterns. The word Kansas means “people of the South winds.” Kansas people experience extreme heat, bitter cold, strong winds, heavy rain, high snow and of course the devastating tornado’s. But, through all this millions of people call Kansas home and appreciate the golden rolling prairies.
Kansas is geographically located in the center of the United States, comprising of some fifty million acres of some of the richest farmland in the nation. It is some 250 miles from North to South and almost 450 miles East to West. It is also geographically located in the center of North America.
Kansas has many natural resources, two of which are the rich farmland and oil. It is best known however as the wheat capital of the world.
Long thought of as a flat land, Kansas is in fact a gradual incline from East to West. The lowest point being some 700 feet above sea level along the Eastern boarder to the West where it is up to 4000 feet above sea level.
The first Kaleidoscope magazine this year was based on the geography of Kansas. I have lived here all of my life and I was amazed to learn some of these same facts that the book talked about. I truly think that our students need to learn more about the land in which they live so that they can feel a lot of pride in where they come from. I would use these ideas and have the kids get together and make up a fact game about the geography of Kansas. They always seem to learn the best through games!
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