Region road trip

1. Travel along the
Region Highway to
visit the 5 regions of
the United States!

2. Pack your bags!
Buckle up!
…And here we go!

3. Road Map
We will be traveling to 5
different regions:
Northeast
Midwest
Southeast
Southwest
West

4. Let’s hit the Road!
There are 11 states that make up the
Northeast Region of the United States.
The Northeast

5. The Northeast
Summers: Warm to Hot
Winters: Very Cold
Precipitation: About 46 inches a year
Climate: the type of weather a particular
region has over a long period of time

6. The Northeast
Hey! Wait! Pull
over! Look out
your window
over there!

8. The Northeast
First Stop:
West Quoddy Head Lighthouse
This famous
lighthouse uses a
fog horn to warn
ships that they are
getting close to
land!
Click on the horn to hear
what the ships hear!
The lighthouse is located in northern Maine

9. Everyone back in the
car! Buckle up!
On to Massachusetts!

10. Plymouth
Rock

11. Wow! Everyone out of the car!
Look at that huge ship!
I read in the Massachusetts tour
book that it’s called the Mayflower
II, which is a ship built to look like
the original ship that the Pilgrims
came to American on!
Sweet!
Awesome!
Second Stop:
Plymouth,
Massachusetts
The Northeast
Click here to tour the ship

12. That ship was
awesome! Next stop,
New York City!

13. Welcome to
New York City!

14. The Northeast
New York City is the
home of the Empire
State Building, the
Statue of Liberty, and
many other tall
buildings!
Third Stop:
New York City, New York

15. Alright everyone, it’s
cold here in the
northeast, what do you
say we head south?!

16. Wahoo! Here comes the
sun!
The
Southeast
There are 12 states in the Southeast Region of the
United States.

17. The
Southeast
Summers: Hot to Very Hot
Winters: Mild
Precipitation: About 606 inches a year
Climate: the type of weather a particular
region has over a long period of time

18. The
SoutheastRoll down those
windows! I want to
feel the warm air!
There’s the state line!

20. The
SoutheastFourth Stop:
Jamestown, Virginia
Jamestown, VA was the first colonial
settlement in America.

21. Boy, Jamestown was neat
with all the historic
buildings…but let’s bring
this trip to back the 21st
century…

23. The
SoutheastFifth Stop:
Kennedy Space Center
Click Here to Learn More at NASA for Kids!
Quick! Pull over!
We’re just in time
for lift off! Everyone
out!
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4,
3, 2, 1…
BLAST OFF!
The Kennedy
Space Center is a
great place to
learn about our
earth and
universe.
Astronauts study
our planets, the
moon, sun, and
the stars.

24. Whoa! I can still feel the
heat from that blast!
What’s next?

26. The
SoutheastSixth Stop:
Appalachian Mountains
Many people mine (dig out and
search) for coal in the mountains.
This can be a very dangerous job!
Hey!
Let’s go hiking!
Wow! Check out the view of those
mountains out our window!

27. I’m exhausted from all that
climbing! How about a little
relaxing? Is that music I
hear??

29. The
SoutheastSeventh Stop:
Memphis, Tennessee
Blues is a type of music that uses the
guitar as its main instrument. This type
of music was first made popular by
slaves working in cotton fields in
Tennessee.
I love the sound
of that guitar!
I feel like
dancing!

30. Ok! I want to see
more! Midwest, here
we come!

31. Hello Midwest!
The Midwest
There are 12 states in the Midwest Region of the
United States.

32. The Midwest
Summers: Hot and Humid
Winters: Cold to
Very Cold, Dry
Climate: the type of weather a particular
region has over a long period of time
Precipitation: As much as 50 inches in
Missouri, as little as 13 inches in North Dakota

33. The Midwest
Look at all these corn
fields! What state are
we coming to?

35. The Midwest
That’s because almost every inch
of Iowa is covered by farms!
Why do I suddenly feel a craving
for corn on the cob?
Eighth Stop:
Farming Iowa
Iowa is known as the
“Corn State.”
It seems like everywhere we drive
there are barns, corn fields, and
tractors!!

36. Ok, so I like corn…but I feel
like I just ate a whole fields-
worth…Onward!

38. South Dakota is best known for the huge carving on a
mountain side known as “Mount Rushmore.” The carving
was first started in 1927 and was completed in 1941.
Oh yeah! Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt,
George Washington…and….and….
Ninth Stop:
Black Hills of South Dakota:
Mount Rushmore
Thomas Jefferson!!
Why do those faces look so familiar?
Um, duh! They are four of our past
presidents!
The Midwest

39. Ya know, I gotta be honest,
the Midwest is cool and all,
but, I’m ready to go to some
big cities again! I feel the
temperature rising!
The Midwest

40. Yeehaw!!
There are 4 states in the Southwest Region of the
United States.
The
Southwest

41. Summers: Hot to Very Hot,
Dry
Winters: Mild
Climate: the type of weather a particular
region has over a long period of time
Precipitation: About 86 inches a year
(Mostly in Oklahoma)
The
Southwest

42. Woah! I’m glad we have air
conditioning in this car! It’s so
hot outside! Where are we?
The
Southwest

44. The Grand Canyon is over a mile deep!
Over millions of years, water carved out
the rock and created the canyon. Many
people hike the canyon every year.
Look at those people riding mules down
the canyon trails.
Let’s get out of the car. This is too cool to
just see out our window!
Tenth Stop:
Grand Canyon, Arizona
The
Southwest

45. I can’t believe those canyons!
Arizona is such a neat state!
What else is there to see here?
The
Southwest

46. Eleventh Stop:
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona is
the hottest city in
the southwest
region. The record
for the hottest day
was over 120
degrees! It
happened in the
month of June!
The
Southwest

47. Wow! Are we in an oven?
Doesn’t look like this heat is
going to let up any time
soon! Yeeehaw, Texas!

49. Twelfth Stop:
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital
city of Texas. This is a
picture of the Capitol
building where
politicians meet to
discuss issues
important to Texan
citizens. It’s the largest
Capitol building in the
nation.
The
Southwest

50. Here we go to the wild,
wild, west!!
There are 11 states in the West Region of the United
States.
The West

51. Summers: Hot to Very Hot
Winters: Mild
Climate: the type of weather a particular
region has over a long period of time
Precipitation: About 32 in. a year
The West

52. We’ve arrived! First stop:
Yellowstone National Park!

54. Click Here to See a Live View of Yellowstone Today!
Old Faithful is an
erupting spring of
water that shoots out
every 35 -120
minutes. It will shoot
out water for 1½ - 5
minutes at a time.
The water shoots up
90-184 feet high!
Most of Yellowstone
National Park is in
Wyoming, however, it
stretches into Montana
and Idaho.
Does anyone have a towel? I
just got sprayed by Old Faithful!
I can’t believe how high that
water shot up!
Thirteenth Stop:
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
The West

55. I don’t think this trip could
get any cooler, but now it’s
off to the airport. Aloha!

56. We’re here! I see Hawaii!

57. Hawaiian parties are
called “luaus.”
People wear leis
which is a necklace
made of flowers.
Some women wear
grass skirts and do a
special dance.
That’s right. And I also read that
Hawaii is actually made up of 8 major
islands. How cool!
Click Here to Find Out More About Hawaii
Fourteenth Stop:
Hawaii Islands
The West
My tour book here says that Hawaii
was the last state added to the United
States in 1959.

58. Wow, Look at those
snowy mountains.
We must be here!!

59. Fifteenth Stop:
Anchorage, Alaska
The Iditarod is a dog sled
race that follows a trail
across the state of Alaska.
It takes place in March. A
person who leads a pack
of dogs on a sled is called
a musher. He or she must
train their dogs hard to
finish the race. The race
usually takes 9-17 days to
complete.
Learn More About the
Race by Clicking Here
Go, dogs, go!!
The West

60. Do we really have to go
home now? That was
the most amazing trip
around the United
States!