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Describe the climate, major physical features, and major national resources in each region.
Click here for a link to a wiki by Okalossa Schools, Fort Walton Beach, Florida that presents information on climate, geographical features, people, and economy of each region.

[|United States Drought Monitor] from the **National Drought Mitigation Center, University of Nebraska. **

Click here for "Make your own USA", a map that allows students to make a map, testing their knowledge of the USA and its features.
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Beautiful_red_apple.jpg width="80" height="59" link="http://waynesword.palomar.edu/biomes.htm"]]MAJOR BIOMES OF NORTH AMERICA**

Click here for a lesson plan on climate vs. weather.

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Atlantic Coast/Appalachian
The Appalachian region extends around the Appalachian Mountain range. **Discover Appalachia, an interactive map **, hosted by National Geographic, shows some of the natural, historical, and cultural points of interest throughout the region.

Hawaii
Located in the central Pacific Ocean, Hawaii is a chain of islands created by volcanic activity from a hot spot under the slowly shifting tectonic plate.
 * Red Hot Hawaii article** from National Geographic has more information about Hawaii's volcanic landscape. Students will enjoy the photographs of active volcanoes.

Puerto Rico


Click here for an interactive map that shows information about each of the regions in the US.

Click here for an interactive map that allows you to view the US by landform region. Also has questions to go along with the map.