1. Tennessee By: Cierra Wyatt Mrs. Whitaker

2. Tennessee State Nickname: Volunteer State, in 1989. Tennessee is called the Volunteer state because 2,800 people volunteered to fight against the Spanish. The Three white stars in the middle of the flag symbolize the three main regions of Tennessee. The Great Smoky Mountains, the Highlands, and the Lowlands.

3. (TN) Entered union- June 1 st, 1796 Flower- Iris Animal-Raccoon Bird-Mocking Bird http://poster.4teachers.org/view/poster.php?poster_ id=268331

4. Tennesseans Famous People from Tennessee Aretha Franklin, Memphis Dolly Parton, Sevierville James Agee, Knoxville Morgan Freeman, Memphis Red Grooms, Nashville Barbra Howar, Nashville

5. Traveling To Tennessee Tennessee Brocure.pub While traveling to Tennessee, you can go to lot’s of places like the Great Smoky Mountains, Dolly Wood, Memphis zoo, and the Ripley’s Believe it or not! Aquarium.

6. Tennessee Governor Tennessee Governor.docx In Tennessee there was a recall on Peter Pan peanut Butter. On September 4 th, 2002 there was too much rain and it killed all the cotton plants.

7. Dunedin, FL To Nashville, TN It takes 11.0 hours and 10 minutes to get from Dunedin To Nashville. It is also 724.01 miles from here to there. Population: 670,902 Memphis, TN 782,623 Jacksonville, FL 111,721 Jacksonville, FL more than Memphis,TN Highest and lowest points: Clingmans Dome - 6,643 feet Mississippi River -178 feet There is a 6465 feet difference in the elevation. 35.9 years old is the mean age of the population

8. Economy Tennessee budget- 2.5 Billion dollars Florida budget- 64.7 Billon dollars Difference- 62.2 Billion Dollar Difference Tennessee Budget: Florida Budget- Tourism-184,972 Tourism-26 million Education-5,807,290 Education-1 billion Agriculture-26,987,367 Agriculture- 25 million

9. Science Mountain Biome The mountain has many animals. The snow leopard, birds, vultures, and mountain goats. The snow leopard’s lifespan is usually 15 to 18 years long. When they are kept in captivity they can live for 20 years. Both male and female goats have beards, short tails, and long black horns. One food chain can be the sun grows the plants, the mountain goats eat the plants, the snow leopards eat the goats, and the birds. Chaparral is a bush or shrub. Iris. The iris is a flower that grows in the mountains. It is also the Tennessee state flower.

10. INTRESETING FACTS!!! State quarter was made in 2002. Gem- Tennessee Pearl Butterfly- Zebra Swallow Tale Amphibian- Tennessee Cave Salamander Fruit- Tomato Horse- Tennessee Walking Horse Reptile- Eastern Box turtle Rock- Limestone Public School Song- “My Tennessee” By: Francis Hannah Tranum

11. Resources http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/kids/funfacts/funfacts.html http://www.theus50.com/tennessee/information.shtml http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/kids/funfacts/tennessee.html http://www.50states.com/bio/tenn.htm http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/WAKI- ViewArticle.aspx?pin=wwwwak- 443&article_id=782&chapter_id=15&chapter_title=United_States&arti cle_title=Tennessee http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/WAKI- Chapter.aspx?chapter_id=15 http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/flags/tennessee/tennesseeflag.shtml http://www.askkids.com/web?q=Volunteer+state%3F&qsrc=1&o=0&l=di r http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/us/A0871525.html http://www.theus50.com/tennessee/