Minnesota Mini-Research
Projects
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Ms. Arvig's 5th Graders
Minnesota Mini-Research Projects
The following slides are a quick snapshot of various topics related to
Minnesota.
The purpose behind this project was two-fold.
Our first objective was to get a broad sense of the people, places, or things
with ties to our great state since Minnesota History is our Social Studies
topic in fifth grade.
The second objective was to get involved early with technology this
year. This project involved internet research and the use of Google Apps.
We hope you enjoy our Mini-Projects!
Lake Minnetonka
http://www.minnesotafishingonline.com/lakeminnetonka2.jpg
Lake Minnetonka
There are 10,000 lakes in Minnesota, and one of the
lakes is Lake Minnetonka. The lake is located West,
Southwest of Minneapolis St. Paul. The first Europeans
known to have visited the lake were 2 teenage boys.
They found the lake in 1822 by paddling up Minnehaha
Creek. The Lake is an irregular shape with numerous bays
and islands which make up about 125 miles of shoreline.
The lake itself was discovered in 1822. It started off as
a small creek, but expanded over the years, and is now on
our U.S.A. map.
Lake Minnetonka Big Island
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Lake Minnetonka Amusement Park opened May 30th 1925 on Decoration Day or
Memorial Day now. The amusement park wasn't closed until 1973.
20,000 people visited on the day it opened.
"Mr. Rollercoaster" Fred Pearce, the owner of Big Island Amusement park built
27 amusement parks across the country, but Big Island was his most famous
one. It was known for Mountain Ride which had half a mile track and was 65 ft.
at is highest peak.
Lawerence Welk, Beach Boys, Tommy Dorsey and the Rolling Stones all
performed at their famous beach pavilion.
• Lake Minnetonka Amusement parks scrambler and carousel are at Valley
Fair.now.http://lakeminnetonka.patch.com/articles/this-week-in-lake-minnetonka-history
• By Hannah
Minnehaha Falls
Minnehaha Falls park covers 171 acres of land.
The Falls is 53 feet tall.
It is 30 miles long to the Northeast.
The location is Minneapolis/St. Paul.
The water source is Minnehaha Creek.
by: Tim
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=minnehaha+falls+facts&um=1&hl=en&safe=active&client=firefox-a&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1280&bih=560&tbm=isch&tbnid=Tfj6aCBa99RhHM:&imgrefurl=http://www.bloglovin.com/no/blog/2155873/ginnys-low-carbkitchen&docid=R8DSLaaLxnn0HM&w=320&h=241&ei=f8N4TtCzIOSDsgKptPTWDQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=191&vpy=195&dur=3893&hovh=192&hovw=256&tx=170&ty=152&page=10&tbnh=154&tbnw=197&start=113&ndsp=10&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:113
Bob Dylan
By:Ella
http://uhnavs.com/skyview-bob-dylan-at-the-flood/
Bob Dylan was popular for over 4 decades! He was not
only a singer and songwriter but also a painter. Bob Dylan
was
in a motorcycle accident and withdrew from the
public. He
was born in Duluth at St. Mary's hospital.
Northern Pike
Northern Pike can grow up to 60 inches and 62 pounds.
Pike are covered in mucus.
Northern Pike are found in Russia, Europe and North
America.
They are olive green and yellow white on the stomach.
They feed on water voles, small ducks, fish, insects and
leeches.
By: Aaron
URL:
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=northern+pike&hl=en&saf
e=active&biw=994&bih=550&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=OMO5
_TESl5LcM:&imgrefurl=http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2008/
haslag_bria/&docid=QrPqa3KyAvogM&w=600&h=410&ei=qL94TungD6umsQL877H
yDQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=683&vpy=267&dur=177&hovh=18
5&hovw=272&tx=85&ty=91&page=4&tbnh=154&tbnw=204&s
tart=32&ndsp=8&ved=1t:429,r:7,s:32
Long Nose Gar
http://en.wikipedia.orgarium.JPG
Facts
Gar are predators to other fish.
It is greenish brown.
It can get up to 72 inches and 52 pounds.
It has a really bony mouth.
It lives in rivers.
It likes to eat a lot.
by Nate
Mark Dayton
By: Lauren H.
1. Mark Dayton is the 40th governor of
Minnesota.
2. Mark Dayton graduated from Blake High
School in 1965 and graduated from Yale
University in 1969.
3. In April 2006 Dayton was rated one of
America's worst senators.
4. Dayton financed his 2000 senate campaign
with 12 million dollars of his own money.
5. Mark Dayton is a Democrat.
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=mark+dayton&start=130&num=10&um=1&hl=en&safe=active&biw=1276&bih=560&tbm=isch&tbnid=lkYEu9F2B3xF9M:&imgrefurl=http://www.generalmills.co
m/en/Media/Inside_General_Mills/Library/2011/dayton_visit_5_24_2011.aspx&docid=mfddk3f6EemjdM&w=100&h=135&ei=JKx8Tvz0LueKsgLY46gx&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=632&vpy=286&
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http://www.google.com/imgres?q=mark+dayton&um=1&hl=en&safe=active&sa=N&biw=1219&bih=448&tbm=isch&tbnid=hbE56Gs2gTB_M:&imgrefurl=http://www.liquida.com/focus/2011/07/06/minnesota-government-tim-pawlenty-walter-mondale-arnecarlson/&docid=2laMhwgmdqcpUM&w=110&h=146&ei=Kct4TqXQMKaFsgKo1OmnDQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=355&vpy=199&dur=5565&hovh=116&hovw=88&tx=87&ty=66&page=8&tbnh=96&tbn
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Itasca
by Nick
Itasca is 32,690 acres big. It has 496,651 annual visitors.
In Latin, Itasca means true head. The Mississippi River
starts in Itasca. Thousands come to Itasca each year.
Naturalist programs are available year round. Trails in
Itasca are shared with deer, chipmunks, and squirrels.
http://www.visitusa.com/minnesota/photos/minnesota-sibley-state-park.htm
Saint Anthony Falls
by Nick
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Saint_Anthony_Falls-20060617.jpg
Saint Anthony Falls
-The Saint Anthony Falls was built and designed in the 1930's.
-The Saint Anthony Fall was named after the Catholic Saint
Anthony.
-The apron was built in 1848.
-The lower Saint Anthony Falls was completed in 1956.
-Geologist say that the falls first appeared roughly 10,000 years
ago.
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Walleye
http://www.paidtofish.com/?p=17
Walleye are also called
Dore
Pickerel and Jackfish.
Walleye belong to the Perch family. Walleye will eat a big variety of food such as
smaller fish,Crustations, Amphibians, small mammals such as mice and even small
birds. Female walleye grow faster and live longer. Walleye prefer cold water. Walleye
have been known to live up to 30 years. A big female can produce 400,000 eggs but
on average is 50,000
eggs.
Snowshoe Rabbit
The Snowshoe Rabbit's fur in the winter is white. In the
spring their coats are brown.
The Snowshoe Rabbit likes a thick cover of
undergrowth to eat.
Snowshoe Rabbit's feet help them to run
from predators.
Snowshoe Rabbits are forest dwellers.
http://www.wildlifecallers.com/store/sounds-wildlife-technologies/rabbit-hare-sounds.html?mode=list
The Common Loon
By: Divya
The Common Loon has four calls: the tremolo, the wail, the
hoot and the yodel. Some of the stuff they eat is fish,
insects, salamanders, leaches and frogs. There are about
12,000 loons in Minnesota. The Common Loons can stay
underwater for five minutes. They can fly more than
seventy five miles per hour.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=active&q=the+common+loon&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=994&bih=550&um=1&ie=
UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi
Duluth, the City on a Hill
Duluth is a tourist attraction and a busy sea port.
It has lots of museums, even a floating iron ore vessel!
The Duluth lift bridge is a marvel of technology.
The city of Duluth is the seaport that the ill-fated ship
the Edmund Fitzgerald last departed from.
The lighthouses there have to be built to survive storms
that are almost a step down from a hurricane.
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/updraft/ar
chive/storms/
The Lady Slipper
Shannon
1.If you touch the leaf of a Lady Slipper you can get a rash.
If you get a rash by touching a Lady Slipper go to a doctor
A.S.A.P!
2.The Lady Slipper is a very rare flower. So don't harm it!
3.The Lady Slipper is about 1'-2' tall.
4.The Lady Slipper can live up to 15
years!
5. It blooms in June or July
6.The Lady Slipper is a very delicate, rare flower
Fun Fact: It took over 16 years to produce the first flower!
Wow!
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Little Pine Dairy
By: Julia
. Little Pine Dairy is one of the biggest dairy companies in
the whole state.
. The Tobkin family owns 4,000 acres of land for their
farm!
. The Tobkin family has 1,400 cows.
. Little Pine Dairy is in Perham.
. In the 1900's the dairy milked 1,180 cows three times a
day, I can't believe it!
Map:
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=perham+little+pi
ne+dairy+map&um=1&hl=en&safe=active&client=fir
efox-a&rls=org.mozilla:enUS:official&biw=1236&bih=560&tbm=isch&tbnid=
0RK0vCJd7ieo1M:&imgrefurl=http://www.lakesnw
oods.com/Perham.htm&docid=fFrKMRPQ8VZV7M
&w=592&h=781&ei=n8J4TvykOKeLsgLHl6jkDQ&z
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=83&start=0&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:5,s:0&tx=34
&ty=24
Cow:
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=cow&um=1&hl=e
n&safe=active&client=firefoxa&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:enUS:official&biw=1322&bih=560&tbm=isch&tbnid=
KY8b2MCooEJTvM:&imgrefurl=http://www.rps.ps
u.edu/jan98/cleancows.html&docid=O1U4lWWJnPe6M&w=300&h=414&ei=38V4TrLCI
fKksQK76fDYDQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=431&vpy=
182&dur=7903&hovh=264&hovw=191&tx=89&ty=2
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p=10&ved=1t:429,r:6,s:134
MALL OF AMERICA byTommy
The Mall of America was built in 1996. It cost 650
million dollars to build the whole mall - I'm not sure that it
is including the rides or not. The Mall of America is
42,000,000 square feet or 96.4 acres. I cannot find the
architect.
Target Field
by Julia
Target Field is located in downtown Minneapolis.
The idea for Target Field began in 1994.
The builders designed it in 2007.
The Twins first played in Target Field on March 27, 2010.
The construction for Target Field cost $425,000,000.
http://www.hall-fame.com/target_field_day.jpg
Fur Trade by Luna
The oral traditions of the Ojibwe tell of the first meeting between
a wise Ojibwe man and a group of mysterious white skinned
strangers. ( :o Part of the story says that when he woke up he
traveled east like in the story, found the "spirits" and that's what
started the fur trade. It was perfect! The Native Americans had
what the English wanted, and the English had what the Native
Americans wanted! The fur trade started 1650 and ended
1850.
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=fur+trade&hl=en&safe=active&sa
=G&gbv=2&biw=1049&bih=436&tbm=isch&tbnid=JkTPLZAso3jbPM:
&imgrefurl=http://ipoetry.us/the_fur_trade.htm&docid=h1fwKGV
NJDg3CM&w=516&h=340&ei=baqATs_mM6KKsQKe0bw7&zoom=1&i
act=rc&dur=274&page=1&tbnh=98&tbnw=148&start=0&ndsp=12&ve
d=1t:429,r:0,s:0&tx=108&ty=58
The Giant Cherry on the Spoon
by Allison
Claes Oldenburg is best known for his ingenious oversized
renditions of ordinary objects. Like the giant "soft" threeway plug and overturned bag of french fries in Walker's
own collection.
The giant spoon stretches 52 feet across a small pond
shaped like a linden tree seed. A fine stream of water, just
enough to make the aluminum cherry gleam, flows over the
cherry from the base of the stem .
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Gooseberry Falls Facts
1. There are great trails from Gooseberry Falls to Split
Rock lighthouse.
2.These are some of the animals from the Falls - little
brown bat, tiger salamander, and bobcats.
3. It is located in Two Harbors, MN.
4. Sometimes people go swimming, and
camping.
5.The falls go 15 miles per hour, so if
you go in the falls you would not be able to move.
By: Grant
Gooseberry Falls
http://www.google.com/imgres
?q=Gooseberry+falls&hl=en&sa
fe=active&client=firefoxa&hs=xkj&sa=X&rls=org.mozilla
:enUS:official&biw=1246&bih=586
MILL CITY MUSEUM BY NATHAN
In 1974 the mill burnt to the ground but
in 1980 they rebuilt the mill to be
better. Also Minnesota was the flour
capitol of the world. In 1985 the mill
was shut down and in 1991 it was nearly
destroyed by fire.
http://www.minnesotabeautiful.com/t
win-cities-metro-minnesotatourism/mill-city-museumminneapolis-minnesota.html
Boundary Water Canoe Area
Wilderness
By: Ellie
Did you know that they also call BWCA canoe country?
The National Geographic includes the big water canoe
area wilderness in their list of top 50 places you must
see in the world. BWCAW covers over 1 million acres
and offers over 1,500 miles of canoe routes within more
than 1,000 lakes, rivers and streams. Here is an amazing
thing - over 200,000 people visit the BWCAW a year.
That is really cool. I want to go there!
URL
Flicker.com/
2desktop.com
Superstock.com
The History Behind The Green Giant
by Reid
The Green Giant was made in 1925 and he was made from
large peas. The Green Giant was inspired by folktales and
fairy tales. Over the years the Green Giant became a
friendlier- greener-character. The Green Giant was so
popular the company renamed their company The Green
Giant. The Green Giant is the third most
recognized advertising icon in the 20th century. The Green
Giant is part of General Mills and their headquarters is in
Minnesota.
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Minnesota Hess Brick Factory
by Sammie
1. The old Hess Brick Factory is located in St. Cloud.
2. Henry Hess built and ran the factory.
3. They used two small baking kilns to make bricks.
4. Near the factory is a huge clay deposit.
5. It used to average a daily production of 30,000
bricks.
URL
1)
http://www.mnbricks.com/oldbrick-factory-ruins
2) http://www.mnbricks.com/stcloud-brick
Soda Fountains from the 1960's
by: Lauren Hl.
Did you know that soda fountains continued through the
1960's? They were overrun by restaurants and ice cream
stores. It was common for small town and big city dwellers
to stop by on their way to work, to enjoy a carbonated
beverage before they had to leave for work. It's different
from nowadays when we have them at home to drink
whenever we want. They had to go somewhere. It was a
nice once in a while treat in the morning. Did you know that
the word soda was first in use in 1888, a long time after
they opened soda fountains in Minnesota?
URL
Flicker.com/
countryliving.com
virtchawaldo.com