Wk 24 State Dailies

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11 questions
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Monday

The Indiana capitol building is located in downtown Indianapolis. The state legislature meets in the capitol building. The capitol building is made out of the state rock, and took 10 years to build.

The Indiana capitol building is made out of:

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Monday

The ___________ meets at the capitol.

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Monday

The words "capita" and "capitol" are a lot alike but have different meanings. Which word means the building in which government officials meet?

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Tuesday

Southern Indiana is the site of many caves and caverns (very large caves). The caves were formed when snow and rain dissolved the underground limestone to form hollowed-out caves and underground streams.

Which is bigger- a cavern or a cave?

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Tuesday
Southern Indiana is the site of many caves and caverns (very large caves). The caves were formed when snow and rain dissolved the underground limestone to form hollowed-out caves and underground streams.

Are you more likely to find caves in Evansville or South Bend? Use a map to help.

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Tuesday
Southern Indiana is the site of many caves and caverns (very large caves). The caves were formed when snow and rain dissolved the underground limestone to form hollowed-out caves and underground streams.

Indiana's caves were formed when snow and rain __________ limestone.

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Wednesday

Archaeologists used to dig in old Native American gravesites for interesting artifacts like arrowheads, rattles, and masks. This made Native Americans feel like they were being robbed. The U.S. government passed a law in 1990 that made it illegal to look for or take these objects anymore. Any person who already had these objects had to give them back.

People used to look in Native American gravesites for:

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Wednesday
Archaeologists used to dig in old Native American gravesites for interesting artifacts like arrowheads, rattles, and masks. This made Native Americans feel like they were being robbed. The U.S. government passed a law in 1990 that made it illegal to look for or take these objects anymore. Any person who already had these objects had to give them back.

You can keep an object that you took from a Native American gravesite before it became illegal.

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Thursday

Wilbur Wright was born on a small farm near Millville on April 16, 1867. He abd his brother Orville dreamed of creating a flying machine with an engine. That dream came true in 1903 in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, when the Wright brothers made the first successful flight with a plane. The flight lasted 12 seconds!

Wilbur dreamed of creating a flying machine with a (n) __________.

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Thursday
Wilbur Wright was born on a small farm near Millville on April 16, 1867. He abd his brother Orville dreamed of creating a flying machine with an engine. That dream came true in 1903 in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, when the Wright brothers made the first successful flight with a plane. The flight lasted 12 seconds!

Wilbur and his brother make their first successful airplane flight in what U.S. state?

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Thursday
Wilbur Wright was born on a small farm near Millville on April 16, 1867. He abd his brother Orville dreamed of creating a flying machine with an engine. That dream came true in 1903 in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, when the Wright brothers made the first successful flight with a plane. The flight lasted 12 seconds!

Kitty Hawk is an area of sand dunes in North Carolina. It's also very windy there. Why do you think the Wright brothers chose it as a place to try their first flight?

The video below has images from the first successful flight in 1903. Please do not watch all of it. It is 16 minutes long.
This video is from 1909/1910 EVEN THOUGH it says it is from 1903.
You can see how much they improved in 6 years!