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 Prime Meridian #8 - Highlights by Cindy Wiggers The Prime Meridian A Periodical email Newsletter from the folks at Geography Matters Greetings fellow Geography enthusiasts, This morning I awoke to the beautiful sight of the moon in the eastern sky. The fingernail-shaped moon was flanked by two brightly lit planets; Jupiter and Venus. Did you see this celestial marvel? This event prompted an online search to determine which two planets we saw. I found an awesome site you may want to bookmark. It is the Earth and Sky radio series found at http://www.earthsky.org/. Here you can see and print maps and descriptions from the section called Tonight’s Sky, showing what is visible in the night and morning sky. Whether it’s a constellation, star, planet, eclipse, or other celestial event they’ll explain it in detail with no special equipment needed other than your eyes facing skyward. Oh, and don’t miss their sky watching links page! Observer’s Notebook For an added teaching moment students can log in daily (weekly, or monthly?) entries in a journal from what they experience while sky watching. Add drawings diagrams, internet printouts, and your kids will be able to add a fascinating section to their student notebook or create a separate personal observer’s notebook. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Trail Guide Updates We always endeavor to provide quality products for your teaching needs. If you have any corrections, updates, or suggestions we’d love to hear from you. Send an email directly to Cindy: cindy@geomatters.com. Just a reminder to all of you using any of the three books in the Trail Guide to Geography series. We have established a forum for you to share your ideas and get input from one another with the Yahoo user’s group. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/geographytrailguides In addition we post changes, corrections and updates to the files section. If you’re having trouble finding the U.S. Millennium atlas recommended in the Trail Guide to U.S. Geography substitute Illustrated Atlas of the United States. If you’ve already been using these maps, Josh would love your feedback before he finalizes them for publishing on CD-ROM. If you have input to share send an email directly to Josh: unclejosh@geomatters.com. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Galloping the Globe The Galloping the Globe families have loads of great ideas, websites, books, and files to share on our group. So feel free to join the fun at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/galloping-the-globe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Helpful Hints If you’re using timeline figures or laminated maps may these suggestions prove to be useful for you. If you have ideas to share please feel free to let us know and we may use them on future issues of the Prime Meridian. Timeline Figures • Have you thought of putting timeline figures on your maps? They make for an interesting addition to any outline map. Put a figure of each explorer along the Explorer’s Route map, or the Pyramids figure in Egypt, the Great Wall in China and more. Now your timeline figures can double as a place to mark time on the timeline and as a creative spot on a map. • Are you using the beautiful color timeline figures from the CD-ROM? Print on adhesive paper for easy placement on your maps and timeline. Laminated Maps • Do your laminated maps still curl up from being rolled up? Uncle Josh says to re-roll them backwards opposite the natural curl. Tie together with a rubber band or string and place in the back seat of your car on a hot afternoon. The heat trapped in the car will relax the curl of the lamination. • Do you wonder where to store your laminated maps? Try placing loosely rolled inside a new office size trash receptacle. Or store in a box from your nearby office supply or craft store. Poster board comes to the store in large flat boxes. Most stores throw them away. If you ask you can probably get them for free. One other place that worked well for us as it kept the maps handy and out of the way, is under the couch. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Free Map Download With so much happening in Iraq and probably for months (maybe years) to come we’ve included an outline map of this country for your use. Use any current events or news site for information to put on the map. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As we head toward Thanksgiving we recognize we have much for which to be thankful. We look forward to sharing turkey and dressing with all the fixin’s and having our family of five plus guests together again. We wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving. May you enjoy food and festivities with your family and loved ones. Until next time... Warmly yours, Josh and Cindy Wiggers and the staff at Geography Matters [Excerpts from the Prime Meridian eNewsletter #8 sent 11/04] See Also:  Free Map of Iraq
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