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Mrs Justus'
Brainiacs' Club!!!

This is a club for students who are interested in achieving "above and beyond" the normal classroom expectations.  All you have to do is learn all about the topic, and then come tell Mrs. Justus the answers during your recess, before or after school, during morning work, or at another time during the day that you are finished with your work and I am not with a group.  You can become a 1 star member, all the way up to an 84 star member!   Learning never ends - thank goodness!

In addition to gaining knowledge, you will earn 5 stickers for each star that you earn in the Mastery Club.

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THE CHALLENGES....

Click the subject below to jump right to that section of the challenges:

 

 

Here's a Web Site to Assist You in Your Research.......
1.   

Name the 7 continents.

More About the Continents
2.    Name 15 world countries.  

Country Maps
3. Name 15 major world cities.   World Cities
4.

Name 15 types of dwellings.

10 types of dwellings

5. Name 10 South American and Central American countries.  

South America Country Map

Central America Map
6. Name 10 countries bordering the Pacific Ocean.  

Country Maps
7. Name 10 countries in Europe.

European countries quiz game

Click on the correct European country game

8. Name 10 countries in Africa.

Click on the correct African country game

9. Name 10 major bodies of water.   Oceans and Seas
10. Name 10 major world rivers.  

Fact Monster - Principal Rivers of the World

River Systems of the World
11. Name 10 large deserts of the world.

FactMonster deserts of the world

Desert maps

12. Name 10 large lakes in the North America.  

U.S. Lakes.com 

Lakes of the world
13. Name 10 major mountains or mountain ranges.

World Mountain Maps - click a mountain

Highest Peaks

14. Name the 50 states.   50 States Quiz
15. Write the names of the 50 states on a map.   Explore the States
16. Name the state capitals.  

State Capitals - Homework Spot

States & Capitals Game
17. Name the 13 Colonies.  

13 Colonies Homepage

List of the 13 Colonies

13 Colonies Quiz & Map
18. Name 10 Native American tribes. Native American Nations
19 Name 10 Oregon Trail landmarks.   Historic Sites Along the Trail
20. Label 10 of Tennessee's counties on the map.   Tennessee Counties Blue Book
21. Name the state symbols of Tennessee.   State Symbols of Tennessee
22. Name 8 explorers.   Zoom Explorers
23. Name 8 Civil War battlefields.

Civil War Battlefields & information

Civil War battlefields A to Z

24. Name the 1st - 10th presidents in order.  

Presidents of the U.S.A.

KidsKonnect - Presidents
25. Name the 11th  - 20th presidents in order.  

Presidents of the U.S.A.

KidsKonnect - Presidents
26. Name the 21st - 30th presidents in order.  

Presidents of the U.S.A.

KidsKonnect - Presidents.
27. Name the 31st - current presidents.  

Presidents of the U.S.A.

KidsKonnect - Presidents

 

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Here's a Web Site to Assist You in Your Research.......
28.    

Name 15 kinds of fish.

Northeast Fisheries Science Center

KidsKonnect.com - Fish
29.     Name 15 marine creatures.  

KidsKonnect.com - Aquariums
30. Name 15 mammals.  

All About Mammals
31. Name 15 vertebrate animals.

List of vertebrate animals

Vertebrate animals & photos

32. Name 15 desert animals or wildlife.

Loads of desert animal information

33. Name 10 amphibians.  

Amphibians
34. Name 10 reptiles.  

Reptile Database
35. Name 10 dinosaurs.  

Dinosaur Pictures

KidsKonnect.com - Dinosaurs
36. Name 10 types of birds.  

State Birds of the U.S.A.

KidsKonnect.com - Birds
37. Name 10 rain forest birds or mammals.  

Rainforest Wildlife

Zoobooks - Rainforest Mammals Crossword Puzzle

KidsKonnect.com - Rainforest
38. Name 10 deciduous trees.  

Deciduous Trees

KidsKonnect.com - Trees
39. Name 10 rocks or minerals.  

Mineral Gallery - see photos

Rock Hounds - How Rocks are Formed

KidsKonnect.com - Rocks & Minerals
40.

Name 10 chemicals and their chemical symbols.  

The Periodic Table of Elements 

Another Periodic Table Website
41. Name 10 constellations.

Choose a constellation then "constellation lines"

More constellation pictures

Another constellation site

42. Name 10 organs in the human body.  

Interesting Information About the Human Body
43. Name 8 types of clouds.

More about clouds

44. Name 5 inventors and their inventions.  

National Inventors Hall of Fame Timeline
45. Name 5 human body systems

Virtual Body

46. Name the stages of the water cycle.  

Water Cycle Animation
47. Name 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. Name the order of the planets in the solar system.  

Introduction to the Nine Planets

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Here's a Web Site to Assist You in Your Research.......
50. Name 20 verbs.  

What is a Verb?

Play the "Nouns or Verbs? game
51 Name 15 adjectives.

What is an adjective?

More adjective info.

52. Name 15 adverbs.

Adverbs

More about Adverbs

53. Name 15 prepositions.

Guide to Grammar & Writing
54. Name 10 common nouns & 10 proper nouns.

Nouns

Noun activities to quiz yourself with

55. Name 10 famous authors.

Children's Authors

KidsKonnect.com - Authors
56. Give 2 examples each of alliteration, personification, simile, metaphor, and onomatopoeia.

Simile, metaphor, personification

Onomatopoeia

57. Count to 20 in Spanish.

Count to 20 & listen

58. Count to 20 in French.

Click "Ecoutons" to listen to the numbers & then click "Repetons" and finally, "Pratiquons" to play a game - neat site!

59. Use sign language and "sign" the alphabet.

Animated sign language on the Net

Sign the word you'd like here

60. Name 10 contractions and their base words

Contractions List-Take the final quiz and get 100%!

 

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Here's a Web Site to Assist You in Your Research.......
61. Draw the lines of symmetry for the capital alphabet. Symmetry of Capital Letters
62. Compute area of squares, rectangles, circles, and triangles. Math.com - Area Formulas
63. Make an elapsed time chart of your typical day. 

Practice elapsed time here

Harcourt School site-Print Elapsed Time Recording Sheet to do the activity.
64. Write in Roman numerals up to 100.

Roman numerals

Know your Roman numerals

Take a Roman Numerals Interactive Quiz

65. Name 5 famous mathematicians.

Four famous mathematicians

A long list of mathematicians
66. Measure 3 rooms in your house and compute the area and perimeter of each room

Area of rectangles

Play "Shape Surveyor" to practice both

Area & perimeter - under "Free Activities", click "Area" to watch a cool slide show

67. Name 5 two-dimensional and 5 three-dimensional figures from geometry.

Find 3D shapes in a picture

Research Geometric Shapes at Enchanted Learning
68. Earn 100% in 5 minutes on the addition basic facts test. 

Arithmattack
69. Earn 100% in 5 minutes on the subtraction basic facts test.  

Arithmattack
70. Earn 100% in 5 minutes on the multiplication basic facts test.  

Arithmattack
71. Earn 100% in 5 minutes on the division basic facts test.   Arithmattack

 

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Here's a Web Site to Assist You in Your Research.......
72. Name one career for each letter of the alphabet.  

Jobs Kids Like
73. Name the birthstones for each month.   Birthstones
74. Name 20 different modes of transportation.    
75. Name 15 breeds of horses.   Horse Breeds of the World
76. Name 15 breeds of dogs. Dog breeds from A.K.C.
77. Name 12 winter or summer Olympic events.  

KidsKonnect.com - Olympics
78 Name 10 large U.S. corporations.   Career Lab - Corporate Clients
79. Name 10 instruments in a marching band.   Instrument Encyclopedia
80. Name 10 instruments in a symphony orchestra.   Sounds from the Orchestra - neat site!
81. Name 10 football teams and their cities.   National Football League.com
82. Name 10 basketball teams and their cities.   National Basketball Association.com
83. Name 10 baseball teams and their cities.   Major League Baseball.com
84. Name 10 hockey teams and their cities.  National Hockey League.com
The Mastery Club idea and information is borrowed, with gratitude, from Heather Renz's 4th grade website. You can find her Mastery Club site here.