Cranium Club: Expand Your Mind! Finished with your work? Bored? Why not learn something!?! You will earn 5 tickets for each correct challenge. 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 you teacher the answers during your recess or lunch break, or before or after school.  You can become a 1 star member, all the way up to an 84 star member!   Learning never ends - thank goodness!   Directions 1. Research any of the challenges when you have free time 2. Record the challenge number and your answers in your Cranium Club notebook 3. Turn it in to Mrs. Lamb on Fridays with your homework 4. We will discuss your answers 5. You will earn tickets if I initial your paper! The Hall of Fame!!   1-30 Points   31-60 Points   61-84 Points       Who will be the first 2nd grade member for 2010-2011??           Parents: At the time of posting, all links were child friendly. However, the Internet changes every minute. If you notice any inappropriate content, please contact me asap. Web resources 1 Name the 7 continents more about continents 2 Name 15 world countries country maps 3 Name 10 major world cities more on world cities 4 Name 5 South American countries quiz on S. American countries 5 Name 5 European countries quiz on European countries 6 Name 5 African countries quiz on African countries 7 Name 5 Asian countries quiz on Asian countries 8 Name 10 major bodies of water oceans and seas 9 Name 5 large deserts in the world deserts 10 Name the 5 Great Lakes the Great Lakes 11 Name 5 major mountain ranges mountain ranges 12 Name the 50 states state quiz 13 Name the state capitals capitals 14 Name the original 13 colonies 13 colonies list 15 Name 10 Native American tribes Native tribes 16 Name 10 counties of NC NC county list 17 Name 10 NC state symbols NC state symbols  another site 18 Name 10 NC landmarks landmarks page 19 Name the 5 largest NC cities NC cities list 20 Name 8 explorers zoom explorers 21 Name the first 10 presidents in order president list 22 Name the 11th-20th presidents 23 Name the 21st-30th presidents 24 Name the 31st-current president   Web resources 25 Name 10 kinds of fish fish 26 Name 10 kinds of mammals mammals 27 Name 10 marine creatures ocean animals 28 Name 10 vertebrates animals with backbones 29 Name 5 invertebrates animals without backbones 30 Name 10 reptiles reptiles 31 Name 10 kinds of birds birds 32 Name 10 amphibians amphibians 33 Name 10 rainforest animals rainforests 34 Name 10 rocks or minerals rocks and minerals 35 Name 5 constellations stars 36 Name 5 elements periodic table of elements 37 Name 10 dinosaurs dinosaurs 38 Name 10 bones of the human skeleton the skeleton Another bones site 39 Name 5 human body systems body systems 40 Write 5 solids, liquids, and gases matter 41 Name 5 types of clouds clouds 42 Name the 8 planets solar system 43 Name the colors of a rainbow rainbows 44 Name 5 inventors and their inventions inventors     Web resources 45 Name 10 verbs verbs 46 Name 10 adjectives adjectives 47 Name 10 adverbs adverbs 48 Name 10 Proper nouns nouns 49 Name 10 pronouns pronouns 50 Name 10 famous authors authors 51 Give 1 example of each: alliteration, metaphor, simile, personification, and onomatopoeia figurative language 52 Count to 10 in Spanish count and listen 53 Count to 10 in French Click at bottom and listen 54 Use American Sign Language and sign the alphabet signing 55 List 5 pairs of synonyms and antonyms Synonyms 56 Recite a famous poem famous children's poetry 57 Name 5 Caldecott Medal books list of books 58 Name 5 Newbery  books list of winners 59 Name 5 prefixes prefixes 60 Name 10 suffixes suffixes 61 Write 5 sentences about your favorite animal   Web resources 62 draw the lines of symmetry for all the capital letters Lines of symmetry 63 Write 10 fact families Fact families 64 Write multiplication facts 2's, 5's, and 10's Skip Counting   65 name Roman numerals 1 through 100 List of Roman numerals   66 name 5 famous mathematicians long list of mathematicians 67 Draw 12 different shapes and label them Shapes 68 earn 100% on a 1 minute test of basic addition facts ArithmAttack 69 earn 100% on a 1 minute test of basic subtraction facts ArithmAttack 70 Write the months of the year in order Learn the months 71 Draw at least 5 coin combinations to make $1   Web resources 72 Name 5 famous artists artists 73 name the birthstone for each month birthstones 74 name 10 different modes of transportation transportation 75 name 5 breeds of horses world horses 76 name 10 breeds of dogs AKC breeds 77 name 12 Olympic sports The Olympics 78 Name 5 National Parks National Parks 79 name 10 marching band instruments band instruments 80 name 10 orchestra instruments symphony orchestra 81 Name 10 NFL teams and their cities NFL.com 82 Name 10 NBA teams and their cities NBA.com 83 Name 10 MLB baseball teams and their cities MLB.com 84 Name 5 NHL teams and their cities NHL.com 85 Name the 7 Natural wonders of the World Natural Wonders   Cranium Club spreadsheet checklist for students How I use it: I keep a binder with each challenge and each student a personal spreadsheet. They may work on challenges during centers time. It is included with the Reference center. Binder Cover Cranium Club was adapted from "Mrs. Renz Mastery Club". Mastery Club was created by Heather Renz in Redmond, Oregon. Used with the permission of Ms. Renz.   To use Mastery Club in your classroom, e-mail Heather Renz. View Ms. Renz’s original Mastery Club.