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Eagles of Excellence This is a club for students who are interested in achieving "above and beyond" the normal classroom expectations.  All challenges have to be completed in my presence.  They can be done in any order.  You can become a 1 star member all the way up to an 87 star member.  Once you have completed 16 challenges, you earn a place in my "Hall of Fame" and your name stays on the Eagles of Excellence Wall until I retire someday.   THE CHALLENGES.... Click the subject below to jump right to that section of the challenges: SOCIAL STUDIES  SCIENCE LANGUAGE ARTS MATH MISC.   SOCIAL STUDIES Here's a Web Site to Assist You in Your Research....... 1.    Label the 7 continents on a map. The 7 Continents & 4 Oceans More About the Continents 2.    Label 15 world countries on a map.   Countries of the World Country Maps 3. List 15 major world cities.   Capital Cities of the World 4. List 13 types of dwellings. Native American dwellings 5. List 10 South American and Central American countries.   South America Country Map Central America Map 6. List 10 countries bordering the Pacific Ocean.   Country Maps 7. List 10 countries in Europe. European countries quiz game Click on the correct European country game 8. List 10 countries in Africa. Click on the correct African country game 9. List 10 major bodies of water.   Major Bodies of Water 10. List 10 major world rivers.   Fact Monster - Principal Rivers of the World River Systems of the World 11. List 10 large deserts of the world. FactMonster deserts of the world Desert maps 12. List 10 large lakes in the North America.   U.S. Lakes.com  Lakes of the world 13. List 10 major mountains or mountain ranges. World Mountain Maps - click a mountain Highest Peaks 14. List the 50 states.   States and Capitals 15. Label the 50 states on a map.   Explore the States 16. List the state capitals.   State Capitals - Homework Spot States & Capitals Game 17. List the 13 Colonies.   13 Colonies Homepage List of the 13 Colonies 13 Colonies Quiz & Map 18. List 10 Native American tribes. Native American Nations 19. Label 15 of Virginia’s counties on a map.   U.S. Census Bureau 20. List 10 state symbols of Virginia.   Enchanted Learning - Virginia 21. List 8 explorers.   Zoom Explorers 22. List 8 Civil War battlefields. Civil War Battlefields & information Civil War battlefields A to Z Civil War battles by state 23. List the 1st - 10th presidents in order.   Presidents of the U.S.A. KidsKonnect - Presidents 24. List the 11th   - 20th presidents in order.   Presidents of the U.S.A. KidsKonnect - Presidents 25. List the 21st - 30th presidents in order.   Presidents of the U.S.A. KidsKonnect - Presidents. 26. List the 31st - current presidents.   Presidents of the U.S.A. KidsKonnect - Presidents 27. List the world's 10 most populated countries.   Futures Edge 28. List the 10 amendments (also known as the Bill of Rights.)   Indiana University 29. Label the Great Lakes on a map.   Great Lakes Information Network   Back to the top   SCIENCE Here's a Web Site to Assist You in Your Research....... 30.     List 15 marine creatures.   Ocean Planet "Marine Life Facts" KidsKonnect.com - Aquariums 31. List 15 mammals.   All About Mammals 32. List 15 vertebrates. List of vertebrate animals Vertebrate animals & photos 33. List 15 desert animals. Living desert - animals Loads of desert animal information 34. List 10 amphibians.   Yahooligans Amphibians 35. List 10 reptiles.   Reptile Database 36. List 10 types of birds.   State Birds of the U.S.A. KidsKonnect.com - Birds 37. List 10 rain forest birds or mammals.   Rainforest Wildlife Zoobooks - Rainforest Mammals Crossword Puzzle KidsKonnect.com - Rainforest 38. List 10 deciduous trees.   Deciduous Trees KidsKonnect.com - Trees 39. List 10 rocks or minerals.   Mineral Gallery - see photos Rocks and Minerals KidsKonnect.com - Rocks & Minerals 40. List 15 chemicals and their chemical symbols.   The Periodic Table of Elements Visual Elements (requires Flash) 41. List 10 constellations. Choose a constellation then "constellation lines" More constellation pictures Another constellation site 42. List 10 organs in the human body.   Tour of the Human Body 43. List 8 types of clouds. Cloud types More about clouds 44. List 10 inventors and their inventions.   National Inventors Hall of Fame Timeline 45. List 5 human body systems Virtual Body 46. List the stages of the water cycle.   The Watercycle 47. List the order of the colors in the rainbow.   About Rainbows 48. Label the major bones of the skeleton. Human Skeleton - Enchanted Learning Mr. Bones Assembly Activity 49. List the order of the planets in the solar system.   Introduction to the Nine Planets Back to the top   LANGUAGE ARTS  Here's a Web Site to Assist You in Your Research....... 50. List 20 verbs.   What is a Verb? Play the "Nouns or Verbs? game 51 List 20 adjectives. What is an adjective? More adjective info. 52. List 15 adverbs. Adverbs More about Adverbs 53. List 15 prepositions. Prepositions 54. List 10 common nouns & 10 proper nouns. Nouns Noun activities to quiz yourself with 55. List 10 famous authors. Children's Authors< KidsKonnect.com - Authors 56. List 2 examples each of alliteration, personification, simile, metaphor, and onomatopoeia. Simile and metaphor Personafication Alliteration  Onomatopoeia   Back to the top   MATH Here's a Web Site to Assist You in Your Research....... 57. Draw the lines of symmetry for the capital alphabet. Symmetry of Capital Letters 58 . Compute area of squares, rectangles, circles, and triangles. Math.com - Area Formulas 59. List the perfect square numbers up to 225.   The World of Math Online 60. Write in Roman numerals up to 100. Roman numerals Know your Roman numerals 61. List 5 famous mathematicians and their claim to fame. Mathematicians 62. Earn 100% on a place value test.   63. Earn 100% on a polygon test.   64. Earn 100% in 3 minutes on the addition basic facts test.  Arithmattack 65. Earn 100% in 3 minutes on the subtraction basic facts test.   Arithmattack 66. Earn 100% in 3 minutes on the multiplication basic facts test.   Arithmattack 67. Earn 100% in 3 minutes on the division basic facts test.   Arithmattack   Back to the top   MISCELLANEOUS Here's a Web Site to Assist You in Your Research....... 68. List one career for each letter of the alphabet.   A HUGE list of careers Jobs Kids Like 69. List the birthstones for each month.   Birthstones 70. List 20 different modes of transportation.   Encyclopedia.com - Transportation 71. List 15 breeds of horses.   Horse Breeds of the World 72. List 15 breeds of dogs. Dog breeds from A.K.C. 73. List 12 winter or summer Olympic events.   Summer Olympic Events Winter Olympic Events 74. List 10 large U.S. corporations.   Career Lab - Corporate Clients 75. List 10 instruments in a marching band.   Making Music 76. List 10 instruments in a symphony orchestra.   SFS Kids 77. List 10 football teams and their cities.   National Football League 78. List 10 basketball teams and their cities.   National Basketball Association 79. List 10 baseball teams and their cities.   Major League Baseball 80. List 10 hockey teams and their cities.   National Hockey League 81. List 10 soccer teams and their cities.   Major League Soccer 82. List the postal abbreviations for each of the 50 states.   United States Postal Service 83. List the months of the year and the representative number for each.     84. Spell the 7 days of the week and the 12 months of the year correctly and in order.     85. List the number of days in each month.     86. List 10 important dates found on a calendar.     87. List all of your classmates' names.     Back to the top A special thanks to Heather Renz from whom I adapted the Eagles of Excellence Award.

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